FORT KNOX, KY COMMISSIONER BASE VISIT BOOK ...

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26 May 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 . Itinerary

2. Base Summary Sheet

3. Secretary of Defense Recommendation

4. Military Value

5. Installation Reviews

6. Maps

7 . State Base Realignment and Closure History

8. Press Articles & Correspondence

9. Additional Information

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COL Armstrong, Mike Avenick,

Response to Commissioner's questions

List of attendees (20 MAX) for 26 May 2005 lunch hosted by MG Tucker, Fort Knox Installation Commander include:

Militarv Officiais MG Tucker, USAAMRC Commanding General COL Gold, USAARMC Chief of staff- COL Armstrong, USAG Fort Knox, Garrison Commander CSM DeSario, USAARMC CSM Sara Johnson, USAG, Director, Plans Analysis and Integration Emmet Holley, USAG, Garrison Deputy Herv Mastin, Installation Management Agency Southeast Region Office

BRAC Commission Mike Avenick, BRAC Commission Analyst Don Manuel, BRAC Commission Analyst Commissioner Skinner Cc!mmissimer Turner

Guests Invited bv MG Tucker Larry Cox, Senator McConnel s office John Salyers, Senator Bunning s office Philip Hays, Congressmen Lewis office Mayor Sheila Enyart, Radcliff, Kentucky (city adjacent to Fort Knox) Mayor David Wilmoth, Elizabethtown, Kentucky (city in close proximity to Fort Knox) Judge Executive Harry Berry, Hardin County (county on southern border of Fort Knox) Steve Montgomery, Association of the US Army Don Williams, COL (Retired), Association of the US Army Bill Barron, MG (Retired), Association of the US Army

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Fort Knox Commissioner Visit 26 May 2005

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Recommendation

Maneuver Training

Convert Inpatient Services to Clinics

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Consolidate Correctional Facilities Fort Monroe, VA

Zonsolidate Dersonnel & 3ecruiting Centers JSAR

Relocate Field Operating Agencies

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RE: Relocation of Armor School to Ft Benning. Does the Armor Center believe it will be able to continue to accomplish its mission at Ft Benning? ",

RE: Activating BCT & accepting overseas units at Ft Knox. Does Ft Knox expect any capacity or timing problems associated with activating a BCT or receiving overseas units?

RE: Relocation of USAR's 84th regional training center to Ft Knox. Does Ft Knox have the capacity to support this training load and mission? RE: Reduction of Ft Knox hospital's inpatient capacity. This recommendation appears to reduce medical care for the Ft Knox military community. Will adequate medical care continue to be available? RE: An Army Research Institute element is located at Ft Knox and has supported both Ft Knox and other Army needs. Ft Knox's ARI element is moving to Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Will Ft Knox's missions be adversely affected by this move? RE: Ft Knox's correctional facility consolidates into Ft Leavenworth. Are there any significant issues associated with this planned relocation? RE: Relocation to Ft Knox of the Accessions'and Cadet commands. Portions of these organizations are already at Ft Knox. Are there problematic issues with this conso~idatio~? RE: Relocation to Ft Knox of the Human Resources Command. Is this large influx into Ft Knox of over 2000 civilians and over 600 military personnel manageable as planned? RE: Relocation of USAR looth ~ iv i s i on (Institutional Training) from Louisville, KY to Ft Knox. Many of the soldiers of this unit are already train at Ft Knox. How will this consolidation at Ft Knox facilitate regional active and reserve component training? RE: Relocation to Ft Knox of HRCs Substance Abuse Center. This office is consolidating with HRC at Ft Knox. Are there any Ft Knox issues with this recommendation?

Army BRAC 2005 Fort Knox

COL Keith A. Armstrong Garrison Commander

Fort Knox, KY

Maneuver Training

-- (Loss) Relocate Armor Center and School from Fort Knox to Fort Benning

Considerations:

1. Definition of the Maneuver Center of Excellence I recommendation merit 2. Fort Knox has capacity to handle USAARMC and IBCT 3. Fort Benning capacity to absorb future training requirements (ranges, training areas, maneuver areas, motor pools, etc.)

Maneuver Training

-- (Gain) Activate an Infantry Brigade Combat Team and supporting units on Fort Knox (includes overseas returnees)

Considerations:

1. Range and training complex is premier to support requirements (no issues) 2. Barracks / MP complex needs to be constructed / renovated - new MILCON 3. Phasing of out-bound and in-bound units is critical; have limited space now

Maneuver Training

-- (Gain) Relocate Army Reserve Regional Training Center to Fort Knox from Fort McCoy

Considerations:

No significant adverse impacts; may need MILCON or renovation of existing facilities

Fort Monmouth, NJ

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-- (Loss) Relocate Army Research Institute Human System Research from Fort Knox to Aberdeen Proving Ground

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Fort Monroe, VA

-- (Gain) Relocate the Army Accessions Command and Cadet Command from Fort Monroe to Fort Knox

Considerations:

No significant adverse impacts; will require modernization of existing facilities (SRM)

USAR Command and Control - Southeast

-- (Gain) Relocate Louisville Army Reserve Center and 1 OOth Division (IT) from Louisville to Fort Knox

Considerations:

No significant adverse impacts; will require modernization of existing facilities (SRM)

ADDITIONAL DATA FOR "MANEUVER TRAINING"

RECOMMENDATTION (MOVE ARMOR SCHOOL, NEW

IBCT, RELOCATE USAR)

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Candidate Recommendation: Realign Fort Knox, KY, by relocating the Armor Center and School to Fort Benning, GA, to accommodate the activation of an Infantry Brigade Combat Team (BCT) at Fort Knox, KY, and the relocation of engineer, military police, and combat service support units from Europe and Korea. Realign Fort McCoy, WI, by relocating the 84th Army Reserve Regional Training Center to Fort Knox, KY.

Justification 4 Multi-compo Service Collocation 4 Has training capacity to support a wide range of

combat and support units 4 Effective, lowest cost alternative

Payback 4 One Time Cost: 4 Net of Implementation Cost: 4 Recurring Savings: 4 Payback Period:

NPV Savings:

$773M $244M

$123.3M 5 years $948M

Militarv Value 4 Anny MVI: Benning (9), Knox (12), McCoy (25) ' 4 Takes advantage of excess capacity at a high ranking

installation 4 Enhances operational readiness and command and

control E&T MV: Benning (2), Knox (1 1)

Impacts 4 Criterion 6 - Max potential decrease of 8521 jobs

(12.93%) in the Elizabethtown, KY MSA, decrease of 834 jobs (3.49%) in Monroe County, WI, and increase of 13,957 (8.53%) in the Columbus, GA-AL MSA.

4 Criterion 7 - No issues. 4 Criterion 8 - No significant impediments.

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Recommendation Supporting hdbrmation

Maneuver Training (Realign Fort Knox, KY)

Competing Recommendations and Other Information: Several other alternative locations for the Maneuver Center were considered, including Fort Knox, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood, and Yuma Proving Ground. Fort Benning provided the lowest cost solution and the best use of existing capacity. This recommendation also considered other alternative installations along with Fort Knox for the relocation of modular support units. However, with the increase in the number of BCTs in the United States from 26 to 40 by the end of FYO9, Fort Knox was considered the most viable. Fort Riley, KS and Fort Bliss, TX were both considered, but candidate recommendation USA-022 1 substantially increases the number of BCTs and other units at these locations. Yuma Proving Ground was also considered, but not recommended based on its ongoing test mission, its lack of an existing, robust infrastructure, and the costs associated with creating the necessary infrastructure. Fort McCoy was also considered, but not recommended. Fort McCoy does not have sufficient facilities, maneuver training acreage (47,000 acres) and ranges to permanently support other operational units stationed there. The Army would also have to construct a wide-range of permanent

Q facilities to accommodate these units if they were relocated to Fort McCoy.

Force Structure Capabilities: This recommendation balances the mix of administrative and headquarters-type units with operational forces, takes maximum advantage of existing capacity and ensures the Army has sufficient infrastructure, training land and ranges to meet the requirements to transform the Operational Army as identified in the Twenty Year Force Structure Plan. As part of this transformation, the Army is activating 10 new BCTs for a total of 43 active BCTs with 40 BCTs stationed in the United States. The Army is also transforming the organizational structure of many of its support units. Combined, the modular force transformation, forces returning from overseas, and the Army's effort to convert selected military positions to civilian, the Operational Army stationed in the United States will grow by over 100,000 soldiers between FY05 and FY 11. This recommendation is part of the Army's solution to accommodate this growth. Relocating the BCT and returning overseas units to other installations would create additional shortages in facilities and training asset availability and leave excess capacity at Fort Knox. By efficiently consolidating ground maneuver institutional training at a single installation, this recommendation ensures that the Department will retain the necessary capabilities to support the Force Structure Plan (effectively addressing essential manning, training, organizing, equipping, and sustaining requirements). The efficiencies gained provide savings to meet other Army needs. The relocation of the 84th ARRTC could also position the Army Reserve to integrate it with the 100th Division and potentially gain additional manpower efficiencies in the future.

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MVA Results: All three installations have relatively high military value, Fort Benning (9), Fort Knox (12) and Fort McCoy (25). The Education and Training military value for functional training is Fort Benning (2) and Fort Knox (1 1). The relocations described in this recommendation move activities from lower value installations to higher value installations; collectively these moves enhance overall military value to the Department. Moving the Armor Center and School to Fort Benning, and back filling Ft. Knox with Infantry, Combat Support, and Combat Service Support units, and with the Reserve Regional Training Center appropriately recognizes and takes advantage of the diverse training and maneuver capabilities available at each installation. The consolidation of the Infantry and Armor Centers and Schools enhances the military value by providing the same or better level of training and readiness at reduced costs. Consolidating these schools will improve coordination, standardization, and the quality of the institutional training for ground maneuver forces, and have a positive impact on Joint war-fighting,

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Capacity Analysis Results: This recommendation improves training capabilities while using existing capacity at the affected institutional training installations. Consolidating the Maneuver Center at Fort Benning effectively utilizes its capacity for institutional training. It has the necessary buildable acres to effectively absorb the Armor Center and School and handle future unforeseen requirements. This move also creates space at Fort Knox, a high Military Value installation, for other activities better suited to take advantage of its strengths. As one of the Army's maneuver-type installations, Fort Knox has the capacity to support the stationing of various operational units, and the training for a wide-range of Active and Reserve Component units. Army BRAC capacity analysis indicates that ongoing Army force structure changes create situations where most traditional Army maneuver installations will face pressure for training facilities, training land, and ranges. Fort Knox has available existing facilities (788,000 square feet including some 600 Army Family Housing units) and training land. Activating an Infantry BCT, and relocating various support units and the 84th ARRTC takes advantage of available training land, and administrative and classroom space. See attached Army and Education and Training capacity tables.

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DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION

BASE SUMMARY SHEET

CURRENT INSTALLATION MISSION Fort Knox is a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) installation with the primary mission of training 30K soldiers, NCOs and officers for the Armor Force (to include about 300 Marine Corps) annually. Courses include Basic Combat Training and One Station Unit Training (OSUT), Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, all NCOES courses and numerous specialty courses. Fort Knox is scheduled to begin instruction of the Basic Officers Leadership Course (BOLC) in FY06, one of only four posts scheduled to do so. It is also home to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and the East Region ROTC. The majority of the U.S. Army Accessions Command is at Fort Knox. The most well-known landmark at Fort Knox is the US . Bullion Depository, better known as the Gold Vault. Fort Knox's linked and integrated simulation environment provides a unique capability of over 100,000 sq. ft. of virtual and constructive simulation space that can be linked to live training and or evaluation. TRADOC's Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Lab is expanding with the recent stationing action that realigned personnel from Forts Bliss, Gordon, Huachuca, Jackson, Monroe, and Presidio of Monterey to Fort Knox for the Unit of Action Capabilities Development Activity and Unit of Action Experimentation Element. The U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, headquartered in Arlington, VA, has a robust presence on Fort Knox. It is the Army's lead laboratory for research and development (R&D) relating to training, leader, and Soldier development. They focus on developing and refining exemplar training and performance measurement methods and tools for the current and future force. Fort Knox has the Army's only ~ e s e i e r Information Point (USADIP) which maintains over 90,000 AWOLIdeserter records. It is co-located with the Personnel Control Facility where these offenders are returned to military control. They process AWOL and Deserter personnel for the Eastern half of the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean. We also have one of three Army Regional Corrections Facilities (RCF). RCF prisoner labor is used in recycle, grounds maintenance, screen fabrication, fan and buffer repair, and canvas repair. ' In addition to direct labor cost avoidance, recycle operations result in -$2M cost avoidance for tipping fees at the landfill. To support the Reserve Components,, the new, 89K square foot, two-story Reserve center provides dedicated administrative offices, training classrooms, a pilot briefing room, library, assembly hall, kitchen, arms vault, communications, storage and related support facilities for just over 1,000 Army reserve soldiers.

DOD RECOMMENDATION There is no single recommendation that describes all changes affecting Ft Knox. The "~aneuve r . Training" recommendation, which relocates the Armor Center and School from Ft Knox to Ft Benning, is a principal recommendation associated with the major outflow from Ft Knox. It realigns Fort Knox, KY, by relocating the Armor Center and School to Fort Benning, GA, to accommodate the activation of an lnfantry Brigade Combat Team (BCT) at Fort Knox, KY, and the relocation of engineer, military police, and combat service support units from Europe and Korea. It also realigns Fort McCoy, WI, relocating the 84th Army Rest Recommendation Name

Maneuver Training (Army)

ConsolidatelCo-locate Active and Reserve Personnel & Recruiting Centers for Army and Air Force (H&SA) Fort Monroe, VA (Army)

ve Reaional Trainina Center to Fort Knox. KY Recommendation's Impact on Ft Knox

--(Loss) Relocate Armor Center & School from Ft Knox to Ft Benninq. - - (~a in ) Activate an lnfantry Brigade Combat Team, and supporting- units on Ft Knox (Includes overseas returnees). --(Gain) Relocate Army Reserve Regional Training Center to Ft Knox from Ft McCoy. --(Gain) Relocate Army Human Resources Command to Ft Knox from Alexandria, Indianapolis, and St Louis.

--(Gain) Relocate the Army Accessions Command and Cadet Command to Ft Knox from Ft Monroe.

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Loss - 7500 students

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The student population is transient by nature and approximately 90% of this population is basic trainees. All of those soldiers are housed on the installation. Therefore, there is a minimal economic impact to the greater community. The result of 300 military and 1800 civilian jobs has a net positive impact on the installation and community with estimated influx of $250M annually.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Fort Knox has no significant environmental impact from the recommendations.

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COMMUNITY CONCERNSASSUES Community concerns are primarily the effect on individual personnel due to turmoil. Other concerns are the loss of the historical home of Calvary and Armor.

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ITEMS OF SPECIAL EMPHASIS ' Fort Knox supports DoD's BRAC decision, however, believes the Armor Center and School portion of the maneuver recommendation warrants further investigation, to ensure the mission can be fully accomplished to standard at an alternate location. Personnel living in the Elizabethtown requiring inpatient obstetric care will live outside the TRICARE imposed 40 mile radius of where this care will be readily available. Army Research Institute's Human Systems Research Unit should remain at Fort Knox to support IBCT and the Human Resource Center of Excellence. Basic Officers Leaders Course is projected to stay at Fort Knox and not transfer to Fort Benning.

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I --Realign Fort Knox, KY, by relocating the Armor Center and School to Fort Benning, GA, to accommodate the activation of an Infantry Brigade Combat Team (BCT) at Fort Knox, KY, and the relocation of engineer, military police, and combat service support units from Europe and Korea. --Realign Fort McCoy, WI, by relocating the 84th Army Reserve Regional Training Center to Fort Knox, KY.

Convert Inpatient Services to Clinics Realign Fort Knox, KY, by disestablishing the inpatient mission at Fort Knox's Medical Facility; converting the hospital to a clinic with an ambulatory surgery center.

Fort Monmouth, NJ Realign Army Research Institute, Fort Knox, KY, by relocating Human Systems Research to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Consolidate Correctional Facilities into Joint Regional Correctional Facilities Realign Lackland Air Force Base, TX, Fort Knox, KY, and Fort Sill, OK by relocating the correctional function of each to Fort Leavenworth, KS, and consolidating them with the correctional function already at Fort Leavenworth, KS, to form a single ~ e v e l I1 Midwest Joint

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Fort Monroe, VA --Close Fort Monroe, VA. --Relocate the US Army Accessions Command and US Army Cadet Command to Fort Knox, KY.

Consolidate/Co-locate Active and Reserve Personnel & Recruiting Centers for Army and Air Force --Realign Army Human Resources Command leased facilities in Alexandria, VA, Indianapolis, IN, and St. Louis, MO. --Relocate and consolidate all functions at Fort Knox, KY.

USAR Command and Control - Southeast Close Louisville United States Army Reserve Center and relocate the 1 Ooth DIV (IT) headquarters to Fort Knox, KY.

Relocate Army Headquarters and Field Operating Agencies --Realign Crystal Square 2, a leased installation in Arlington, VA, by relocating the Army HR XXI office to Fort Knox, KY. --Realign the Park Center IV Building, a leased installation in Falls Church, VA, by relocating the Army Center for Substance Abuse to Fort Knox, KY.

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Maneuver Training --This recommendation enhances military value, improves training and deployment capabilities, better utilizes training resources, and creates significant efficiencies and cost savings while maintaining sufficient surge capability to address future unforeseen requirements. It properly locates Operational Army units in support of the Army's force structure plans and modular force transformation. --This recommendation supports the consolidation of the Armor and Infantry Centers and Schools at Fort Benning and creates a Maneuver Center of Excellence for ground forces training and doctrine development. It consolidates both Infantry and Armor One Station Unit Training (OSUT), which allows the Army to reduce the total number of Basic Combat Training locations from five to four. --This recommendation also relocates the 84th ARRTC to Fort Knox and supports another recommendation which relocates Anny Reserve Command and Control units to Fort McCoy. These relocations enhance command and control within the Army Reserve, and promote interaction between the Active and Reserve Components. --This recommendation directly supports the Army's operational unit stationing and training requirements by using available facilities, ranges, training land at Fort Knox, KY (vacated by the Armor Center and School) to effectively and efficiently relocate various Combat Support and Combat Service Support units returning from overseas, and as the installation platform for the activation of a new Infantry BCT. These units are a combination of the relocation of Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy (IGPBS) - related units returning from overseas and the activation of units as part of the Army's modular force transformation.

Convert Inpatient Services to Clinics --The Department will rely on the civilian medical network for inpatient services at these installations. This recommendation supports strategies of reducing excess capacity and locating military personnel in activities with higher military value with a more diverse workload, providing them with enhanced opportunities to maintain their medical currency to meet COCOM requirements. --Additionally, a robust network with available inpatient capacity of Joint Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO) and/or Medicare accredited civiliadVeterans Affairs hospitals is located within 40 miles of the referenced facilities.

Fort Monmouth, NJ The closure of Fort Monmouth and relocation of functions which enhance the Army's military value, is consistent with the Army's Force Structure Plan, and maintains adequate surge capabilities. Military value is enhanced by relocating the research functions to under-utilized and better equipped facilities; by relocating the administrative functions to multipurpose installations with higher military and administrative value; and by co-locating education activities with the schools they support. Utilizing existing space and facilities at the gaining installations, maintains both support to the Army Force Structure Plan, and capabilities for meeting surge requirements.

Military Value

I.) The current and future mission requirements and the impact on operational readiness of the Department of Defense's total force,

including impacts on joint war fighting, training, and readiness.

2.) The availability and condition of land, facilities and associated airspace (including training areas suitable for maneuver by ground, naval, or air forces throughout a diversity of climate and terrain areas and staging areas for the use of the Armed Forces in homeland defense missions) at both existing and potential receiving locations.

3.) The ability to accommodate contingency, mobilization, surge, and future total force requirements at both existing and potential receiving locations to support operations and training.

4.) The cost of operations and the manpower implications.

5.) The extent and timing of potential costs and savings, including the number of years, beginning with the date of completion of the closure or realignment, for the savings to exceed the costs.

6.) The economic impact on existing communities in the vicinity of military

installations.

7.) The ability of both the existing and potential receiving communities' infrastructure to support forces, missions and personnel.

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8.) The environmental impact, including the impact of costs related to potential environmental restoration, waste management, and environmental compliance activities.

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e The complete D o D inventory of installations was reviewed world- wide - active and reserve

e The seven Joint Cross Service Groups looked at common business-oriented functions that lend themselves t o jo in t opportunities such as logistics, training, industrial, medical, and others.

o The Services examined multi-Service business opportunities that add military value, and enhance operations and training o f the Joint Team.

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FORT KNOX TALKING POINTS

Fort Knox: Multi-Mission CapabilitV Armor Center and School U.S. Army Recruiting Command East Region ROTC HQ U.S. Bullion Depository U.S. Army Accessions Command The U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Laboratory National Maintenance Program Deserter Information Point (USADIP), Personnel Control Facility Regional Corrections Facility Reserve Component Support

Fort Knox: Great Qualitv of Life and Low Cost of Operation Central US location, Moderate Climate Local and State Partnerships - Infrastructure investments Encroachment, Buffer Zone

Fort Knox: A Post With Regional Impact National Guard and Reserve Support: KY, IN, IL, WV, OH, MI, WI, MN

0 Joint Armed Services Blood Program, Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratory, Optical Fabrication Lab

Medical programs for Fort McCoy & Camp Atterbury (Medical Hold) Nerve Gas Destruction oversight - Rock Island Arsenal, IL and TACOM, Warren MI Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)

Fort Knox: Premier Joint Training Capabilities for the Future Force Live Virtual and Constructive Training Assets. Zussman Mounted Urban Combat Training Fully Digitized Wilcox Range Simulations

Joint Training - Navy Seals; Canadian Army; Marines; Allied Nations Common Training Instrumentation Architecture Future Combat Systems

Fort Knox: Kev to Supporting Army Transformation Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Lab, Capabilities Development ~ c t i v i t ~ &

Experimentation Element Mounted Warfare Test Bed Interim Armored Vehicle Initial Operation Test and Evaluation Joint Advanced War fighting Program Human in the Loop Experiment

Fort Knox: Expanding Capabilities and Room to Grow Infrastructure, Airfield, Facilities, Location, Previous units, Medical & Dental Training Base Expansion, Maneuver Brigade, ARNG

Facilities (RCF). RCF prisoner labor is used in recycle, grounds maintenance, screen fabrication, fan and buffer repair, and canvas repair. In addition to direct labor cost avoidance, recycle operations result in -$2M cost ayoidance for tipping fees at the landfill.

To support the Reserve Components, the new, 89K square foot, two-story Reserve center will provide dedicated administrative offices, training classrooms, a pilot briefing room, library, assembly hall, kitchen, arms vault, communications, storage and related support facilities for all of the assigned units. The structure is designed to accommodate just over 1,000 Army reserve soldiers. It will be home to a variety of Army Reserve units currently housed in numerous older buildings. The 7"' Brigade, 100'" Division (IT), including the 1" and 2"" Battalions of the 399th Regiment and the Drill Sergeant School, 6t" Brigade, 100'" Division (IT) will share the new facility with the 3'" Battalion, 337"' Regiment, 4th Brigade, and the 1'' Battalion, 41 1"' Regiment, 4th Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support). The 8"' Battalion, 229t" Aviation Regiment, 244th Aviation Brigade will also occupy part of the center. The KY MATES site is a multi-state facility.

Fort Knox: A Post With Regional Impact

While many active component forces call Fort Knox home, the post provides support to National Guard and reserve units in a seven state region: KY, IN, IL, WV, OH, MI, WI, MN. As part of this support, we provide transportation supportlunit moves - Eastern Kentucky, Ohio, portions of Illinois and Indiana; serious incident reporting - Indiana; ammunition surveillance - Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; training support center (devices, fabrication) - Eastern KY, Indiana and Ohio; civilian personnel and equal employment opportunity - MEPS; Eastern Universities; casualty assistance and funeral details; and mobilization support to Fort McCoy and Camp Atterbury. From January to March 2004, we conducted 1600 Funerals utilizing 3400 Soldiers. In an average month, we perform 530 Funerals with 1 100 Soldiers.

Ireland Army Hospital hosts the Army's 2nd largest blood donor center for the Joint Armed Services Blood Program. They service a region with mobile blood donor program, collection, processing, and testing and processing blood and blood products for shipment to Theater, CONUS, and OCOUNS medical facilities. It is also a repository for the DoD frozen blood program. The hospital operates one of three Army Nucleic Acid Testing labs for HIV, HCV, and West Nile Virus for every blood sample drawn east of the Mississippi. Also resident as part of the hospital is the 3rd largest of the Army's seven optical fabrication labs, providing direct support to four Air Force Bases, and Forts Leavenworth, Riley, Campbell, Monmouth, and Knox.

69 IACH supports mobilization for multiple power projection and power support platforms, and is the headquarters for all Army medical programs, biomedical maintenance operations, resources and industrial hygiene activities for a 7-State region (aligned with the installation's AR 5-9 area) to include all MEP Stations and all other Army medical enterprises within the region. Multiple occupational health clinics, primary care clinics, and direct management of medical programs for two major power projection platforms (McCoy and Atterbury) and one power support platform (Knox). It is the focal point for all Medical Hold operations and referral (destination) Med Hold for all deploying and redeploying soldiers, medical Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP), and all medical Class VIII purchasing for deploying units for McCoy, Atterbury, and Knox.

The hospital provides technical oversight fo; occupational health of two major nerve gas destruction sites plus major industrial plants at Rock Island Arsenal, IL and TACOM, Warren, MI. As mentioned previously, the hospital is host to a Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC); a joint venture with the VA Medical Center, Louisville maintaining an enrollment of 4000 veterans with 8500 annual clinic visits.

10 1 st ABN Division; 19th Air Support Operation Squadron; 2d Bn, 75th Ranger Regiment; 24th @ Marine Division; 4th Marine Division; 7th Special Forces Group; Tm A, 1 st Bn, 5th Special Forces Group; Tm A, 2d Bn, 5th Special Forces Group; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; STRYKER Operational Test and Platform Demonstration; Joint Special Operations Command (SEALS and others); Kentucky Air National Guard. Forty-one allied nations from every continent, and every critical region of the world trained at Fort Knox last year.

Fort Knox can, today, accept more missions from the Marines and Navy. Fort Knox has the only capability that allows Special Boat units to live fire (360 degrees) from the water. Recently funded programs to build a shoot house, a breach assault course, and crossroad cluster communities provide expanded capability in the Northern Training Complex to execute realistic live fire and simulation training. In FY07, the Northern Drop Zones, part of the Northern Training Complex, will be established increasing our capability to conduct forced entry, airborne and air assault training.

Zussman and Wilcox Ranges also incorporate the Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA), which is a complimentary system within the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The Future Force will utilize this facility as the operating environment requires increased urban training with an amplified dependence on digital communication to move information and data over a Tactical intranetlinternet. With the development of FCS, digital interface to range instrumentation is a program requirement in accordance to the FSC Operational Requirements Document (ORD). FCS will utilize the established infrastructure of Wilcox range for not only its Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV), but also for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV).

Fort Knox: Expanding Capabilities and Room to Grow

Fort Knox is an enduring installation, adapting to changing strategic environments and technology for over 100 years. The instailation is located in a primarily rural area, and its 109K acres could potentially be expanded. Fort Knox has no significant encroachment or environmental limitations. Many prior military and retired military reside in the local community and utilize the installation's facilities. There is no difficulty attracting and retaining highly qualified applicants for professional, technical, and administrative positions, both civil service and contract, from the local area or world-wide recruit actions.

Fort Knox is an historic installation, and many of our facilities, though built from 1930- 1950, are better than new. They were constructed with quality foundations, and have been renovated to meet today's standards with state of the art communications, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, office space, and general quality of life considerations. Most of the installation, including the training and range complex, has fiber optic connectivity.

Seventy years ago Fort Knox was selected as the site for the Bullion Depository due to its central location in the country, far removed from the seaboards and potential invasion. Today, new transportation infrastructure and our central location make Fort Knox a good location for rapid deployments world-wide. For Knox has interstate highways (North - South, East - West), heavy rail (nine permanent rail-loading ramps), riverinelbarge, and air movement capability. Godman Army Airfield has rotary and C-17 fixed wing capability and is used by the Air Force, National Guard, and Reserves. The airfield has room to expand it runways and facilities, and the 8 installation has plans in place to execute that expansion.

Until 1994, Fort Knox was home to the largest, deployable FORSCOM brigade in the U.S. Army, the 1 94th Separate Aqnor Brigade. Today Fort Knox supports execution of joint missions, is used by all services, multiple nations and has the capability to expand. Fort Knox is ideally suited to the needs of the future force. ,

In addition to Fort Knox's existing and potential joint training capabilities, Fort Knox has the capability to accept new mission and units, and for existing units to expand their missions. Fort Knox has the abiiitylcapacity to receive two brigade-size units. The majority of U.S. Army Accessions Command (AAC) assets are already at Fort Knox. Moving the AAC HQ to Fort Knox would provide great synergy to AAC by locating its HQ and staff, with USAREC, East Region ROTC HQ and its largest training brigade, the lS' Armor Training Brigade.

\ The Fort Knox Community Schools system has capacity to educate 3,700 children of military families residing on Post. This -capacity is approximately 1,000 more students than currently enrolled. The surrounding communities have the capacity to accept additional population increases and can support them with the required utilities, housing, and services.

Medical and dental capabilities are easily expandable. The size of the hospital would I certainly be suitable for expansions of patient care services, both inpatient and outpatient, if

appropriate adjustment of personnel (physicians, nurses, administrative support) were made available. Hospital facility is capable of expanding to 300 beds. Intensive care units would

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Fort Knox, Kentucky Fort Knox is home to the Army's Armor School and the US Army Recruiting Command The 194th Armored Brigade, currently located at Fort Knox , will inactivate as a result of the Force Structure Plan. The post possesses numerous armor and mechanized training simulation facilities Because of its high military value, it was not selected for further study.

Department of the &my Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation to relocate U.S. Anny Recruiting Command from Fort Sheridar,, !L to Fcrt $&ox, KY r&er than FCC Benjamin Harrison, IN)

Fort Devens, MA (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation to retain HQ Information Systems Command (ISC) at Ft. Huachuca, AZ and Ft. Monmouth, NJ; relocate selected ISC elements in the National Capital Region from Ft. Belvoir, VA to Ft. Ritchie, MD or another location)

ktterkemy Army Depot, PA (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation to realign the Material Readiness Support Activity from Lexington-f3luegrass Army Depot, KI', and the Logistics Control Activity from the Presidio of San Francisco, CA t o Redstone Arsenal, AL)

Army Laboratories (Lab 2 1 Study) Adelphi and Aberdeen, MD (Revise the 1988 Commission recommendation by establishing the Combat Material Research Lab (CMRL) at Adelphi, MD. The Anny Materiel Tech- nology Lab (AMTL) in Watertown, MA should not be split among Detroit Arsenal, MI; Picatinny Arse- nal, NJ; and Fort Belvoir, VA-realign the AMlL to Aherdeen Provir~g Ground, MD. Collocate the Structures Element at NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton. VA)

Tri-Service Project Reliance Study Various Locations (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation by disestablishing the Letterman Army Institute of Research)

Department of theAir Force Beale Air Force Base, CA (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation to realign the Undergraduate Navigator Training and the 323rd Flying 'Training Wing from Mather AFB, CA to Randolph AFB, TX instead of realigning to Beale AFB, CA)

Goodfellow A i r Force Base, TX (Change the 1988 Commission recommendation to realign the fuels training from Chanute AFB, IL to Sheppard AFB, TX instead of Goodfellow AFB, TX)

M h r h Air Force CA (Change the 1988 Commission recotnmenthl ion to realign 45 Air Force Audit Agency manpower autho- rizations from Norton AFH, CA to the National Capitol Region instead of March AFB, CA)

Midher Air Force Base, CA (Change the 1788 Commission recommendation by leaving the 323rd Flying Training Wing Hospital open as an annex to McClellan AFH. CA instead d leaving the 940th Air Refueling Group at Mather AFB, CA and closing the 323rd Flying Training Wing Hospital)

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DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION 2521 SOUTH CLARK STREET, Suite 600

AREINGTON, VA 22202 TELEPHONE: (703) 699-2950 F M MUMBER: (703) 699-2735

Chairman: me Honorable Anthony 1. Prlnclpl

Commluioners: me Honorable lamer H, Ellbray me Honorable Phlllp E. Coyle 111 Admlral Harold W. Gehman, Ir.. USN (Ret.) me Honorable lames V, Hansen General lames T, Hill. USA (Ret.) General Lloyd W. Newton. USAF(Ret.1 me Honorable Samuel K. Sklnner Erlgadler General Sue Ellen Turner. USAF (Ret.)

May 25,2005

Dear Commissioner:

We have put together a brief compilation of clippings, related to the BRAC process, from the local media. It is our hope that this bit of background information will be useful as you conduct your installation visit.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any media-related questions or special needs. The number for the direct line to my office is (703) 699-2962. The Communications staff and I would be more than happy to assist you in any way possible.

Sincerely,

C. James Schaefer IV Director of Communications

National News Articles Understanding BRAC Military Makeover Base Closure Commission To Visit 20 Bases This Week Base-Closing Commissioners To Visit Fort &lox Next Week

Local News Articles Overland Gears Up To Keep Military Office. 1,943 Workers Pentagon Decision Could Shut Human Resources Center ''We Could Have 2,000 Fewer Peolde In Town Purchasing Gas, Cigarettes And Going To Restaurants Businesses Gamble On Benning Grow?h

National News Articles

Understanding BRAC US Fed News May 20,2005

Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., issued the following column:

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently proposed recommendations to the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) Commission that will have an overall positive effect on Kentucky's military installations. Initial media reports highlighted the fact that Kentucky would lose 5,324 military personnel with most of those losses coming from Fort Knox. While that number is true, there's more to that number than meets the eye.

In its recommendations to the BRAC Commission, the DOD proposed to move the Armor Center at Fort Knox to Fort Benning, Georgia. But in return, Fort Knox will gain an infantry combat brigade with several thousand active duty troops and their families. Also, Fort Knox will gain many officers and other personnel in support of the new combat brigade, as well as several other commands that will call Fort Knox home, too.

Losing the armor school is bitter-sweet, because of the tradition and excellence it has exhibited over the years. But it is a school, and like all other schools, students train for six to nine months and then graduate with the overwhelming amount not putting any real financial investments or real roots down in the Fort Knox conlmunity.

Gaining a combat infantry brigade based at Fort Knox will establish long lasting roots in the local community. These new soldiers will buy houses, send their children to local schools,

closing 97 major bases and scores of $?or facilities. This time around the Pentagon certainly intends to save money--a projected $ 4 9 billion to $ 64 billion over two decades. But today reshaping the military is as important as reducing waste. With brigades of tanks stationed in Europe, overlapping domestic research facilities, underused naval stations, and duplicative training centers, Rumsfeld believes America's bases are still arrayed for yesterday's fight, not tomorrow's. "Current arrangements pretty much designed for the Cold War-must give way to the new demands of war against extremists and other evolving 2 1 st-century challenges," Rumsfeld said.

As a result, the Pentagon's list contained more reshuffling than outright closure. Fort Knox, Ky., for example, would lose its armor center and school to Fort Benning, Ga., which already has the Army's infantry school--but it would receive a new brigade and combat support units returning from overseas. Each service has a list of shuffled combat brigades, ships, and fighter squadrons. "We got to ask ourselves: If we were king for a day, how would we redo the Air Force?" says Maj. Gen. Gary Heckman, who helped oversee that service's realignment.

No meddling. The realignment of bases provides Rumsfeld with perhaps his most important opportunity to reshape the military for years to come. Although the secretary has managed to kill off some weapons programs he regards as legacies of the Cold War, many of his attempts at modernization have been hampered by lawmakers. But the base closure system has been well designed to keep congressional meddling to a minimum. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission, appointed by President Bush, will now review the Pentagon recommendations and has until September to make changes, though major revisions are unlikely. President Bush then reviews the list and sends it to Congress, which must consider the proposal as a whole; if the legislators don't reject it within 45 days, the closure recommendations go into effect.

Still, there is sure to be congressional opposition. New England was particularly hard hit by the proposed loss of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine and the New London submarine base in Connecticut. Those decisions will most likely spark a fight, despite Congress's limited ability to tinker with the list. The restrictions have increased the amount of grumbling about the process in recent years, and so this round of realignment is likely to be Rumsfeld's last. "You have one shot, and you are not going to have another for a decade," says Ken Beeks, vice president of Business Executives for National Security.

Rumsfeld believes America is ill-served by having heavy forces sitting in garrisons in Germany or even South Korea. Indeed, Rumsfeld began asking his regional commanders about American troops stationed overseas back in August 2001. "All of these questions Rumsfeld asked led us to the strong conclusion that globally we were in a Cold War posture," says Ray DuBois, the acting under secretary of the Army. "And you have to ask yourself What sort of posture do we need for the next 20 years?"

Location. The essential belief inside Rumsfeld's Pentagon is that because of restrictions other nations put on U.S. troop movements, forces can move to a conflict from the United States as fast as they can from a foreign base--as long as they are positioned domestically near railheads and airports. The Pentagon plans to move about 70,000 troops stationed overseas back home, but there are some who have raised doubts. Last week, to the dismay of the Pentagon, a commission appointed by Congress released a report that questioned the details of the overseas withdrawal. A1 Cornella, the commission chairman, said that he did not disagree with Rumsfeld's overall vision but added that the Pentagon is moving too fast. Before the military leaves Germany, Cornella says, the Pentagon must be sure it has enough ships and cargo planes to deploy troops from America quickly. "We will get one chance to do [this]," he said, "and we want to do it right."

correctly," Anthony Principi, chairman of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, said in a statement.

Commissioners "have a lot of hard work ahead of us and not a lot of time to do it," added Principi, a former U.S. Veterans Affairs secretary. "Each site visit will be packed with detailed briefings, discussions with base personnel and tours of the key facilities." ,

The nine-member panel, known as BRAC, has pledged to visit all bases slated for closure or major realignment under a plan announced May 13 by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. The plan would close 33 major bases and downsize 29 others, saving an estimated $48 billion over 20 years.

As a practical matter, groups of two or three conimissioners will visit each base, preceded by an analyst who will compile detailed information on the site, its staffing and military function.

For instance, comtnissioners James Bilbray and Philip Coyle are scheduled to visit Portland International Airport on Tuesday. The airport is home to an Air National Guard Base slated for a drastic downsizing.

Oregon lawmakers say the plan to transfer 452 civilian and 1 12 military jobs from the Portland base - as well as remove its 23 active planes - could leave the region vulnerable to attack.

Similar complaints have been made by lawmakers across the country.

Earlier this month, the military suggested pulling the Army's Armor Center and School from Fort Knox, Ky., and adding an Infantry Brigade Combat Team and other units coming home from overseas. This woi~ld shif Fort Knox's historic focus away from heavy armor to war fighting.

"They're really checking the 'Army's homework," said retired Brig. Gen. James E. Shane, executive director of Kentucky's Commission on Military Affairs.

The commission has until Sept. 8 to present its recommendations to President Bush. In past years, about 85 percent of base closures recommended by the Pentagon have remained on the BRAC list.

The panel has scheduled a series of public hearings on the plan this summer.

Base-Closing Commissioners To Visit Fort Knox Next Week The Associated Press Hilary Roxe I

May 24,2005

The commission charged with developing a final list in this year's round of military base closings and realignments is scheduled to visit Fort Knox on Thursday to evaluate the Pentagon's recommendations there.

The visit would come two weeks before a June 7 regional hearing in St. Louis, Mo., at which affected communities can voice concerns about the Defense Department's recommendations.

Earlier this month, the military suggested pulling the Army's Armor Center and School from Fort Knox and adding an Infantry Brigade Combat Team and other units coming home from overseas.

Overland, its employees spend moneg at local businesses.

"We could have 2,000 fewer people in town purchasing gas, cigarettes and going to restaurants," Conlon said.

The command center is a joint operation with Alexandria, Va., and a satellite office in Indianapolis. The St. Louis office consists of 709 military positions and 1,234 civilian jobs.

The three locations would be combined and relocated to Fort Knox, Ky. All three sites are leased space, which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wants to reduce as part of his plan to strengthen U.S. armed forces worldwide and save the Defense Department more than $60 billion.

The Commission on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommended closing 33 major bases and realigning 29 more. The St. Louis area would lose some units under the BRAC proposal. The 13 1 st Air National Guard F- 1 5 Fighter Wing, situated at nearby Lambert Field, also could be moved as part of the Pentagon's proposal.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, would send the work of its 293 employees to undetermined sites. And several Guard and Reserve positions throughout the area would be moved.

In good news, Scott Air Force Base in Illinois was spared and will add about 800 jobs through closures and reassignments.

Overland officials, like other communities across the country, are playing the waiting game. President George W. Bush has until Sept. 23 to accept or reject the BRAC's list, in its entirety. If Bush accepts the list, it becomes final within 45 days unless Congress approves a joint resolution rejecting the entire package. If Bush rejects the list, the commission must submit a revised list to the president by Oct. 20. The president must approve or reject that list in its entirety by Nov. 7. If the list is approved, bases would close during the next six years.

Dody and Conlon said the council would work with U.S. Senators Christopher "Kit" Bond, R- Mo., and Jim Talent, R-Mo., and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr., D-Mo., as well as state and county officials, in an effort to try to prevent the relocation of the Human Resources Command.

"I would hope for a robust response by the community to lobby, to try to keep the office here," Conlon said. "The goal is to get the community engaged."

Conlon admits that the municipality's fight could get lost in the shuffle, with the attention centered the potential relocation of the F-15s from Lambert Field to bases in Nevada and Atlantic City, NJ.

"Fighter planes have a higher profile," Conlon said. "Our job is to create attention, write letters and become actively engaged."

Until last week, things had been looking up for Overland along Page Avenue. Recently, Dody announced a series of retail and commercial development in long-vacant buildings along Page Avenue in Overland.

Dody also has been heralding the opening of Home Depot in late June and the new J.S. Alberici Construction headquarters in the near future.

If accepted, Congress has 45 legislati\ie days to reject the recommendations in their entirety or they become binding. ,

"I'm prepared to tough it out until the troops get here," Hopkins said.

Fort Benning isn't waiting until November for the BRAC decision to become knal.

"The post has to be ready to award contracts as soon as the process is complete," says Biff Hadden, senior vice president for military affairs with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce. "Decisions have to be made where to put the new Armor School and their new ranges. Two years from that point, the Armor Center should be in place."

Assigning the "Home of the Armor" to what's known as the "Home of the Infantry" makes a lot of sense, says retired Maj. Gen. Jerry White, a former Fort Benning commander.

"The Army ought to have its main maneuver forces ilnder the same command," he said. "After all, the infantry and armor make up the combat arms team."

Once the BRAC process is complete, the Armor School should be up and running within two years.

So what does that mean to folks like Hopkins and the rest of the local business community?

Hadden, a retired Army colonel, said the school will consist of as many as 20 colonels, 40 lieutenant colonels and LIP to four times as many captains and majors, all headed lip by a brigadier general.

If the Army were a private company, these officers and non-commissioned officers would certainly be considered on the executive level. An Arniy colonel with 22 years' experience earns through regular salary and basic allowances for subsistence and housing almost $ 130,000 a year. A captain with six years' service brings home about $ 75,000.

"Salaries are a whole lot better than when 1 was in," said Robert Loving, president of the South Columbus Community Development Association, who retired from the Army in 1982.

"These guys are going to have money in their pockets and they'll be spending it off-post," he said. "Just around here, we have a new Sonic that's doing well and now we have Kenny Hopkins opening up his store on Victory Drive. To me, that is big news. Here's a guy with a business in

- north Columbus moving down here. I think others are going to follow."

To put things in perspective, Chamber president Mike Gaymon said that the TSYS campus in Columbus cost roughly $ 100 million while the construction of the new Armor School and its ranges will cost $ 460 million.

"It's overwhelming, really," Gaylnon said. "And much of the money will go to local contractors."

Housing contractor Clark Pinnacle, which will practically rebuild post housing from the ground up, will start its massive 10-year, $ 615 million project in January.

"Much of the subcontracting business will go to local companies," Gaymon said.

Port &ox supporters were surprised last summer when the &my decided not to locate one of its new Unit of Action Brigade Combat Teams there.

I , , The decision led the newspa- per in Elbabethtown to sound a warning about the post's future.

"The omission ... should serve as a bugled reveille call for every single person in Hardin County. Wake up! Pay attention to the Base Realignnent and Closure process that threatens Fort &ox,:' said the Aug. 4 edi- torial in The News-Enterprise.

Shme said he does not believe the decision forebodes Fort I(r;ox's fate, but the state military affairs commission asked the Army to secorisider.

The decision to bypass Wrt Knox m y have been surprising, in part, because the post has become one of the leading research centers for the Army's transformation, and it has hosted war games involving speciaiists from other,posts to test new high-tech Zg$tiag equipxnt.

The post has also been the re- cipient of &ons of dollars L? other -investments, including a new artiilery ;age Shane called the h e s t in the nation.

Opened in 1918, Fort Zhox is the home of the U S . .Army AT- mor Center, and has become s yor~ymous wirh securitj as the host i'or one of the U.S. Treas- ury's best-known gold bullion reserves.

It trains every tank crew =ember for the Marines and the Army. It's also home to the Amy's recruiting headquarters.

Impact ww8d be prafaun Steve ~ L d d , 42, a former

Army staff sergeant who m a g - es the Jerry's restaurant near Port Knox, said his- business would lose 60 percent of its cus- tomers if the post closed. "Take a look around and you c& see all the haircuts, and that will tell y ~ u that .they are either military OP retired military))' he said.

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bok).+due, with its history of , i cav5.l~ <and t3nkj~arfxe.

"It's ,+ esseiitztial part o i the -niiiitary life,' aiid,it should re- &open," he said . '

Smith, who .lives in xaylbr Cdunty, said he and, his wife, Gdlldie, come to the post, as often ,

as twice a,week to shop, see a doctor, or visit friends. He s&d SjCI* BCnnv nmm14.TInc 3 rnnnnot;r\*.

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some other military activities. It would gain an Army read-

iness center, a human xesomces coammd and a newkj ..ictivateri Infmtry Brigade Corntat 'Tearas4i

"Once we separate some of the emtioil, this is g&ng to be very p~-??_~$ui>'' Xaj, T~O~TS;S M t e y sxd dter the m w s COAI-

ti?nl;: post. .!I sign along the main ini~Ii;va!~ nest to a talk that 7.i-2s a gift from the post, e x p l a h fhzt Fort a id the citv are "two cc:nrn~cni:ies, ere-wing to- geL!~e:''

FT: ~ ~ l c s t . ~eiief was the dom- in-lrlt emotion across Radcliff. Dur the nel?;~ that more than 1,790 additior!ai civilian p s i - tion; are slated fm Fort IOlox Iefr Sieve IHigdor?. president oiGrea- v r Louisville Inc., the rneirc charnber ot commerce, feeling no! just relieved, but opthistic. "Nc 1 is ime kept i t epen," Iljg-

dcn snid of tile post 40 mi!es souh r.i Lo1:is;iIle. "fiat's firs! z16 lc;.ci~mt."

&,Ian!; of :he expected new ci- ii!iiul pbs wdl be stable and, in i rmy t cases, hig1:-p2yiig. For t.:r ample, Fort ?(no:: would gain a ccmolidaterl Army Human Re- sc:rices Conrniand from Alei:ml1. dria, Va., Ii~dia~!apolis and St. ionis by 2009.

"It's d a n lo brbging h. a anew emplojrer cvhc would i l ~ n c d i - :rle!v bc in the top \O;" Higdon :.aid of tl7.e new civilian jobs. "It's cne of the larg,.-st capital invest- !ne!its i n ;1 five-\-ear period. Pre're goiny to add a lot there, ard t11e:e's potential toget more do\m the road."

Gude ihu f l lso saw reason Coa' uprlniis~;~: "I t1ii-k th2t we're p ~ ! g to p & c n more people that are going to be !ooking at the !or15 tent] arrl buying houses in riic area. :ersus people that are ic!rin:; in to train and then leaw."

T!!pr? won~ld be nearly 4.900 Gumr acli-ze-duly niilitay per- raruic!, uicludlng those passing tkrx!$ bask trarjng, which is slated tc be &continued at the p31.

"S!di-IS will pay less in Ule m y of taxes L!xm civilian rm- ployees," said Paul Coomes, a rJnirnrsi:l.; of Lo~~isville econo- nnst. "Cecaitre of thcir pay scale, bill a!!:o becacse many of them a!-? mnresidents. They don't h!i' a !ot cf !K~rgs off-post."

Civilims, he said, are more like!" lo h e of!lpost and pay sdes and income taxes.

"I think Fort %ox is going to be more iike a11 ad~~n i s t r a t i ve p ~ t , " said Caro!ette Gipson, ow~ier cf !ih.s. C's Beauty W o n n e a P o ~ t 1Cn:uox's back gate. "I'm happy about it (staying open). V'? iwn't lose any revenues. 111 ram, we sho~~i t i l~ave revenues h- crease with sonre of the new pcopie we haire coming into Fort ";,rJs."

51euda Medley, mansger of ,Lo1 ?in's E'i~rn~tu~ e in P,adcliff, .aid Ure !ass of Fczt Kno:"would haw put a ilard s ru~lsh 011 the .,. ,.<I.& ,,, area.''

Ciis;on!er.i in urliforrn am a ~Cil!l;llV>ll sigh! ul tl!e sl~owloorn, ;he wc!.

I l ~ e city's busixsses see ev- F I ~ day how iioportant Fort !:!la:i is lo t iv econonn): Meldley ~ . j i i . "but slot ofpeople who just ! :Y? in the area and work in Lc~r i~vi l le don't 1.ealize rea!iy i~u-vv inilcli iiicorne comes into the Radcliff area throuah the a"?, '. <..>L.

!I% RadcliSf, keeping a close e je on dev~lopme~rt: at the post is oflen par1 cJdohg business.

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managel at Trl-County b i d of RadcLiil; said he har! been watc11- ing for hends, silch 3s !lev, ,gw- e!lm.wt granls to t!ie posl, for c!ues tc its SU~LL?~.

Notiug that a co!nbat. ~ u i t i:; scheduled to be trsririt:rtd to Fort 1Cilox from Europe, Gu<%!- . !iallfsn.id lie ah-ezdy lnas set up a to!l-free nu rnh~r fL1 uoops i31 that brigade to cd! his red esrate office. He mny h2.W alleady added a client.

"I've aheudy had a call iron. Port Monroe," Gude~?ltauf ssl!d. 'A perso11 I know out t i m e .. traisfcrred out there no\.^ it loo!ts li!te they're going to be transfei~td lxlc':."

By Bill Luster. The Couf~er Journal hxie Highway cuts through the heart of Radcliff, a Kentucky c~ty wltore eeonornlc future is closely t ~ e d to the cont~nuing existence of neighboring Fort Knox.

By David R. Lutrnan, Special to The Courler-Journal

Lion Cleaners owner Joseph Chung said lie hopes that the changes at Fort Knox won't h u ~ t his dyclear~ing operation.

fare well, they say

WASHINGJWN - It turned out to be a decent Friday the 13rh for Rep. Ron Lewis, whose 2nd District includes Fort Knox, when he learned that the Army k post was proposed for reorgad- Kentucky Rep. Ron Lewis, R-2nd zation but not cioswe. District, said a personnel stlilt at

"The sign on the gate this Fort Knox could aid the ecotmnty. ~norniiln is, 'Fort Ibox is open

&is week for deployment. "It is critical that our local

units have all the support they need while they are deployed," Ilavis said. "My staff and I will do everything we can to ensure the viability of the Maysville Army Reserve Center."

Meanwhile, Rep. Ben Chan- dler, D-6th District, said he is pleased the Blue Grass Army Depot was not put onthe hit list.

Sen. Evan Bayh, L)- Ind., said he and other members of the In- (Cma congressional delegation will fight to save the roughly 680 jobs the Pentagon recom- melded cutting at the Crane

lor b u ~ ~ ~ e s s , ' and chat's &LI P4:wal Surface ~ a l l ' a r e Center. news," Lewis said. But Ilayh said in a statement

Other Kentucky and Indiana t11:lt "OII bala~~cc, today's an- lawlnaliers expressed sirnilar ~louncenlent from the military sentiments yesterday after is good r~ews for Indiana." reading through the Pentagon's "First and foremost, Crane base p]all., delivcrcd to capitol rliH rrln3hl open, uld Indiana Hill by an army of military st;mds to gain more than 2,000 messengers. new jobs because of additional

Although Fort Knox would work being moved to Fort Ben- see a nct decline in personnel, jamin Harrison a i~d other bases the lawmakers said the real ir~ the state," he said. s t a y is that it will be h m e to a "The entire Indiana delega- combat unit, a 11irl1-ranking tion worltcd together to malie commander and more civil& "Kentucky's rniiitary facilities will the strongest case possible for jobs. reflect1' the changes in our armed Crane and all our bases, and the

"What we're losing is people forces, Sen. Mitch McCoatnell said. new jobs coming to Indiana who come in to train and then move that the Penlagon recoe- leave," said Lewis, a Republican. "We're getting people who are going to come in for a long time."

l ' h a t c o u l d m e a n a $100 rnilliou boost to the economy around Fort Ibox, he said.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R- Icy., said he is relieved that Fort Ihox m i l l stay open.

"I have long been an advo- cate for Fort Ihox and believe it brings much value to our national security. ... Our military is undergoing an important transformation in order to adapt to the new national security environment, and Kentucky's military facilities will reflect those changes," lie said in a statement.

Sen. J im Bunning, R-Icy., agreed with Lewis that the changes at Fort Knox could boost the economy. There will be more home-building, increased economic development and help for the local t a ~ base, Buruling sriid.

Rep. Ed Whitfield, Kist Dis- trict, which includes the Ken- tucky portions of Fort Camp- bell, said in a statement that the base "remains one of the Army's

Sen. Jim Bunning, it-!$, said he foresees help for. the local tax base around Fort I(nox.

premier installations." It is slated for a net reduction of 360 military jobs.

Rep. Geoffrey Davis, R-4th District, said he is concerned that the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Maysville, XCy., was targeted for closure. Operations would move to a joint reserve center at Blue Grass Army De- pot near Richmond.

Davis said in a statement that the Maysville center supports the 400th Quartamaster Com- pany, a anit that was mobilized

kzed the value of thgwork p&- formed here to support our nation's military."

Rep. Jolm Hostettler, R-8th District, where Crane is located, said in a statement that he is not surprised the facility made it thscw@ a fifth Pentagon base- closing ieview.

"I've !ong made the case that Crane, its mission and its people are vital to our ~nilitilly," he s a i d

Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-9th Dis- trict, said in a statement that he and his Hoosier colleagues want "to see that Crane is treat- ed fairly."

"The fact remains that Crane ... is a valuable asset to the Unit- ed States military and to the state," he said.

In a statement, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., noted the net increase in jobs from the milit'? propqsals for Indiana facilit~es. He sad the state's delegation intends "to ensure that the data collected in close secrecy over the past months is complete and unbiased, and that the decisions are based on the criteria Con- gress mandated."

MAY 14, 200

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CEI% WELMKblMP, above, Fort Knox c~v~lcan employee

to replace traini

FORT KNOX, Ky. - Port &ox's storied history as home to the nation's cavalry and xmor tradition wolald end under thk Pentagon's recommendation yterday to radic~Jy rew~ite Its ;s~ssion.

j9nder the pro_gma?, Fort Ya(11: :vo;Uid h e irs zosr signiigniignii icant csLmxm2, the Army $J- mor Cznrer and School, and lose mow than 80 J ~ ~ X S of'iradiion as the place vPnere the &"Lt.m3r7s tankers and cavdrj a n i t s have trained.

The plan aiso would take away the 7,500 soldiers a year who now attend basic and advanced training at the post, sometimes sta-ying far six to f i e month at a time.

But the losses would be offset by major gains, and local of& cials and the post's brass were united in calling the recornen- dations a major boost for the base and the comwity.

"The good news is that lcsrt ~Qox is going to grow s id f i - cantly," said Mai. Gea Terry L. Tucker, conxmnding general of Fort Knox and the U.S. Armor Center. "We are going to add a new indimtry brigade.:'

The Pentagon a i d the post wodd lose more than10,000 soi- cliers currently assigned svhilc gaining about 5,300 as a resdt of the proposed changes.

W e that is a net reduction, Tucker said, the new positions are permanently assigned troops who would more than mdle up for the lost soldiers,

most of whom are only tezpo- rsriiy assigned as trainees.

To replace the departing miits, the Pentagon recommended giving the post large new responsibblities, includjng the addition of rhotlsmds of ri- f i m jobs tied 10 two new com-

The key provisions, if accepted, woGd make Fort f i o x the headquarters of rhe _L~rny Human Resouxces Command, now based primariy in Alexan- dria, Va., and of the U.5. Acces- sions Command, now at Fort Monroe, Va., which is targeted ior closure.

The Human Resources

"'The good news is that Fort Knax is going to grow sig~ificantljr," said Maj. Gen. Terry L. Tucker, the post's ieader.

' mands, one of which would Cornand will bring hundreds bring a three-star gexerai to of high-level civilian jobs, as Fietcher said. "We are carefully W s Iaox for the first t h e . well as a lug2 number of career reviewing the recommenda-

Most significant would be inilitary officers cxqmg ranks tions and the supporting ;maky- the creation of ;in infantry corn- between major. and colonel, sis!' bat brigzde, bringing a fighting said Baron, who is a previous The ioss of the Armor Cen- unit to the post for the first time deputy commander cif the ter codd trigger the reiocation k~ more thm a decade. &my's Training and Doctrine of the Patton P'hseum of Czval-

Bill Baron, a retired major Command at Fort Monroe, ly and Armor, a toixist favorite general who leads the local sup- The Accessions Cornand at k r t %ox, Armstrong said. port grotrp f ~ r Fort 1ho:f t h ~ t is is the .ATWL~ W& that oversees He said he wouid be sad to part of the Association of the recrilitmexlt, hisic training and see the Armor traditions leave. U S . A m y 7 said he was de!ight- -the Army's Reserve Officer "I am the son oEm.Armor o$- ea. Training Corps programs at ficer, and I spent ZI i?mport,mr

"'It's a home run, a h ias t ic high schools and colleges part of my childhood here at -win for Fort -Qox 2nd h e com- througho~t the nation. Port Fort Knox," Armstrong said. mmity," s& i;ar~on, executive Knox is aiready home to the Tort Knox is home ro me, as :&rector for the COEE Commit- A m y Rec~ruitizg Colmmd, a much as you can ;lame a place tee ofthe Zo.z-t %iox Chapter of subordinate mit of Accessioas. as home in :Pis traiisient iife o.f

I the Associxion 01' the Pi.'.'. Coi. Keith ;;Yrnsrrong, Fort tbe Army 1 ,Axny. Kmx garism commander, said "'The history of this InstL&a- ,: The proposed changes the changes could prompt as tfonrewhes ;;roun,d the !urnor

would not affect the famous imch as $100 rniilion in con- Center md School. ?hat's gohg 30i-t Knox gold vault, one of six stmction as the post is reconfi- to be the most difficult par; of such depo~itories supervised gwedto make room for the new these changes," be saki.

I troj of the Army. whether my pianned cbnstruc.. Other proposed changes in- ' Also, the Zussman Urbac tion ~roiecrs will be stopped. clude the loss of the regional . . Combat Training Center will jail, which would be consolidat- renab, despite its training '% ed with the military prison at QfficiAs saih the center. withits Gov. Emin Fletcher of Ken- Fort 1,eavenworth. k&.. home - - - - mockvillage andvast terrain for tucky said he was pleased that field trknhg, is used about 320 Fon &ox apparently will con- days a year, and that level is like- tinue to play a key role in rhe !y ro contibe. &my.

The plan still must be approved by the Base Realign- ment a d Closure Commission, a nine-member p a e l that will n2&e a take-it-or-leave-it package of recommendations to President Zush hy Sept. 8.

B U ~ he conceded the scope of the changes had not been expected.

"Although we are satisfied with the overdl list, it is clear the secretary of defense's recommendation and vision for Fort Zinox is much different than what we envisioned,"

of the Army's death row.' In addition, the Ireland

Army Community Hospital wouid be downgaded to a clii- ic, losing its 32-bed inpatient capacity, said Col. Carol Pierce, commander of the post's medical unit.

Twenty-three civilian jobsi including nurses and clerical workers, will be eihinated as a result, she said. But many of those workers are likely to be

offered jobs in the outpatient c h i c that,wil% continue to oper- ate at the hospital, she s&d.

Emergency room care and pharmaceutical services wiii ilor be affecred, she said.

Pierce said the chznge was partly ex~eczed. Bniy 10 fo 12 beds are ised os merage. she said.

Armstrong said cornmuni- ties n e x Fort ECllox would bene- fir from the prcposed changes. He said the biggest impact would be felt when soldiers from the new infantry brigade begin arriving from Emope, a process that could begin as soon as nex year if the chaxges a-e accepted.

"They are -dl going to come here with their families anci seek housing," he said.

Bxron said the new ~:ai=rry . , ~ngade will &e Fon Knox a fighti-lg base ag&, tYich viii give ir a leg up in fixture fmding decisions. The post lost its last fighting >nit LQ ii995, wnen [he iP4th -4,xmcr Zrigacie tvas dis- bacied.

'i Some - people w2l go so as to tell you thar sou have a case of haves and have-nots," Bxron said.

"Historically the psi.: with the 7~ fighters get the mjority of the dollars. ksli if yo^ need money, it is usuaily the schooi- ilouse posts that get cuts."

Criss Helmkamp, a civiliar? post employee, said he will miss the Arnor traditions. But he said he had been worried about Fort I<nox's future.

'My first reaction, iike everyone else, was one of relief tha t i t wasn't going t o be closed," he szid.

9a,g writer Elisabeth J Beardsley contributed to chis story.

Continued hw; 41

jor ir!stallatior~s. No major chan~cs were pro-

peed for Fort Campbel!, 5ut mino peo.ple h x ! been con- ccrr~ed that Fort Knox ~~suillri be oli tlre clc~si.~g !is!.

I~is tead, ihc changes proposed at For1 E5wx could mean ihousaiuis of flew, permanent iobs and z w:icoine economic boost h r the regio~:. officials said.

Bu! yesterrlal: pe"p1e hi arid ? ~ i > i ~ i t l Racicli!r w e l t trying to ixmgine Fort Ikox -without its rasllrs.

Spi. Roher! Cord; 22, took a h e & from welcoming visitors to one o1 the post'!; best-lm.own tourist attractiom, the Patton Mu:;ewn cf CavaJ~y and Armor, to cor!itxnpl~te n ladicaJ!y LTkr- ec?t Fort KI!~:;.

"Everybody '.vli,o !hirl.lts of inuks i!lini-s r f a r t KKO;:, or 1na:ii.e Fort !iaod,"'ssii! Cord, a

Movi t~ a?, a:iesspgin ?lhhe l'er~tagon recommended

inovil~g t l ~ e Pmmy Annor Center a d Armor School to Fort Fen- n.kig. Ga., giving up about 7,500 mditary p ~ t s o ! l n e l who are mostly in training and st3.y zt ?or1 :(no:: for about six to nine m o ~ i t h .

Ill their place, thc A r m y w;?nts tomnve in n newly created illfantry cornbat brigade and mdte oU!.:?r. nddil iur~s lhat would k ing in about 5,000 pernunent soldiers, a thsre-star ~erleral and ;ie.rly 2,009 civi!ian jobs.

> h ! ! y of L!K civilian jdx; are

ii!igniwn! xii! C:losurc Conu~is-. sjnn wi!l rev it?^ tl?;~: I-SCOII~CII- d : h n xid the ottiers in the Pen- tagnn's package and send find recomlnendations to Presidcrit Bush in September.

I.ocal business owners see the p r o p o d brig?& as a pltrs.

Ti-ay "Rig Daddy" Denham, 31, who owns a tatioo shop along US. 3 ill Radcliff not far h ! n tile jxst, said ICs busi;iess would c!o better with soldicrs who stay ir! the nren lo? l.wo!o three ye;u.s, !r:i?lY!l 1.hXl i?: l ! t ' 2 L?lW :PClf?t 11%

Pliofos by 0111 Luster, The Cou~ler-hiin; Zpc. R!3!12!! Swl; 22: is a tmlc guii~el- who attended bask training at Frrt I!i~ix. "Illis is the smal led Ilo~ne of armor, idler ail," said Cord, in t he !o!.b!~ of tl~c Pa1lo11 hksE!l$II of Cavahy and k~nor. "It's airr~ast 1131.d to It~lie~~e they \wr!l~! ta!!? away a!! Lha?."

":Tihen 1 firs! starter! tattoo- u15 here U years ago, j~ou'cl have 30 GIs waiiing iu one afternoon

. to 5et a taltoo," he said. "Plow only aboiltl.5 percent of my business is based on Fort iCiiox."

Jie said the change came about for a n:unber of reasons, including tighter rules on new recruits, the disbanding of the 194th Armor Brigade i n the mid-.1990s, and the opening of :nore taltoo shcps in town.

Plot every-one would be Sorry to see the tardc training rlisap- pe;c.

PAwvin Young, 20, a customer at t t~e tatloo shop, said the sooo- er the elms go qlliet, the better.

"1 worr't miss that at all," %mng said. "The canons all going boom! And the windows shking at night? I miss it nt all."

Amai~dn SLrong, 30, wiro has sdd. "Maybe thal's a11 this is." heel;cutti~~gIv;rjr for!ive ycarsat Col. Keith Armslrong, the Ed's Barber Shop ?!;Dixie High- garrison conlrr~ander .of Fort

' way ifi Iiadcliff; sdill aboirt 40 Knox, said $ridgy hhe i h i l d m i s s perr:cnt of illr sl!o(is I?:Is~w!;T, is the arlnor units if t h y go, bttt tied to ihe 12111:y. added that the post wo~dcl li!<e!y

Bl!t few trainees come hi for g'lm a new-wcrgy v d h an irilll- the $9 cuts, she said, while sol- try brigade. The post -~vou!d re- rliers in the area for longer as-. vert to its tCormer status as a i\ix- signments will probably im- fighting installation rather tha.11 prove business at the shop. strictly a training site, he said.

Barber Belinda]ones said she Still, he aclcnou~ledged thcre !~asr.elievedn~ostthalFv'o:.tI~~ox is a strong sense of h t e r n i t y wm't closcd. She'd hate to see artlong a.rmor soldiers. the museum and the ;u-mor tra- Jason Adanis of P x t Worlh, ditinii go, she said, bu t wo111d Texas, said yestelday he had r a t h e r look at the posi t ive bee~o~~tofbasictrahjngforjust changes. one day t ~ t knows what Arm-

( ' 1:) .< ,, .t~Liotly ~ ~ r e ( l s a fiesheu- stroug is taking about. j.81~ 111~('~e).~oncc? )!la ?ul$le." S!~P "It's hiliwl inta WII." Admi?

Hrrb a:id Ceci!ia Agwi 5 moved to the area abot~gt? n~ontl~s ago. Ai a retired Navy sailw, Herb Ayers gets ntedications at a better price on :lost than ai a civilian pharn~acy.

s u 4 of the c a m a a d e r ~ e amopg t.wkers. "lt sounds curny, but it's U e they ~ r u k e us a leal biother- Iiowi."

Wadcliff .and military !?adcliff, which has a ~narble

monnmerit to the Armored S d - dier in front of city haU, has al- ways been a town equally de- hter! by its vroxh~uty to tlie in-. stdlation and its swelling veteran population.

Jn 1956, p1;mers justified the city as a service to the growing number of 'eterans who had trained or served at Wrt Ibex and decided to stay.

111 2000, the census rcporied that ~I.500 rsidont . ; . or. nendv a

third of the adult population o) Radcliff, were veterans. And f o ~ thy~e,.residents, the proposeo changes aren ' t a s criticnl a: keeping the post open and thriv mg.

Ayers, 68, and his wife, Ceci- lia, 63, moved here in part lo be near their daughter, he said, bu! also because of the rriec!ical senr- ices. As a veteran he could get heart m d diabetes medicine at the post's Ireland Comrriunity Hosp i ta l fo r abou t $2.000 a mor~ttl less ihan wllat it cost at a ciuili;)~~. pliarrnacy.

Tvm months after the Awses arrived in Hardin County, his daughter ntoved with her hus- hnnrl rr,l~t.ti..;u nf tlw A r r n u h~

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Ser~b'ce: Army Ilprned: 1342 ' P;%zf-iou: Skrage cl c l iw~ i ca l weapons; st~p[lliec ai i~nrwi i - ! im for cotlibat troops Pers~rueel: 1,200' Sire: 16,OOO acies lasi~~p/gair ! i~tg: No tiiaior cl~anga 'Miliiaty atid civiliau, ill-

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rhere, the analysts said. "It's already got all of the tank Under the Pentagon's propos- halyt~ say post Fort K n m s where tanktrain- washraclcs youneedford ofthe Several other US. ,litary al for domestic bases, the loss of ing is conducted, but the post's (armored) vehicles." posts, incluckg bases in Hawaii armor training at Fort Knoz ~ ~ d d fit m i ~ ~ b n Army Armor Center and School Lawrence Korb, former as- and Colorado, have single bri- would be partly offset by bring- would relocate under the pro- sistant defense secretary under gades and are still considered ing in an infantry brigade.

By ~darples W. Carrol posal. President Ronald Reagan and major facilities, he said. The plan will be reviewed by [email protected] In its place, a combat infantry now an analyst for the Washing- The Pentagon said it plans to the independent Defense Base The Courier-Journal brigade would come in. ton-based Center for American bring about 70,000 American Realignment and Closure Com-

Putting a single combat bri- Progress, said he believes the troops from Europe back to the missian and evenmaily must be WASHINGTON - The ?st gade at Fort Kaox does nor justi- Pentagon would have sought to United States and could begin cleared by President Bush and

Armored Division, born 65 years fy keeping the post open, analyst close Fort Knox if it didn't have bringing the 1st Armored home Congress. ago at Kentucky's Fort -Knox as John Pike said. And beyond that, its armor assets. from Germany in 2007. The Pentagon aiso proposed Worid War 11 approached, might he said, the Army says it wants to But IVTicbael O'Hanlon at the But the independent Over- moving some 1st _Armored units be in line for at least a p-artiai bring the 1st Armored home Brookings Institution said he's seas Basing Commission earlier to Fort Bliss in Texas. homecoming, two defense ma- from Europe. skeptical about whether part of this month questioned the tim- But the net gain of about lysts believe. "You've already got a fort that the 1st Armored will end up at ing and reasons for that plan, U,000 troops at Fort Bliss. added

Changes at Fort Knox pro- has all the (shootirig) ranges you Fort Knox. saying the United States should to about 4,000 troops in alst Ar- posed by the Pentcgon on Friday need for an armored division," "I wodd not exclude the pos- keep more troops in Europe for morsd brigade now stationed in as part of a broad military re- said Pike, director of GiobalSe- sibility of one brigade being jus- now. Kansas, does not account for the str&curing may lead eventila& curity.org, an Alexandria, Va.- tification" for keeping the post The commission urged De- entire 40,000-troop division, to moving some units of the based defense and research or- viable, said O'Hanlon, senior fel- fense Department officials to re- Pike and Korb said. combat-ready 1st Armored ganization low at the Washington think examine theplan "My guess is eve,rything is not

going to g~ to Fox Bliss," Korb sid.

"They're going to have to put (the rest) somepiace," and Fort &ox is a logical place

He added that it's not unusual to split divisions among bases.

Pentagon spokesman G!em %load decked to comment on relocation plans for specific units.

Bill Barron, a retired major general who heads the CORE Committee of the Fort Knox Chapter of the .Association of the US. Army, a Fort supporr graup, said the 1st Armored's h- ture has not come up in discussions there.

"I like the idea, though," he said.

BY JOHN FRlEDLElN Kentucky Realtors. STAFF WRITER From 25 to 40 percent of

Renfrow's rentals are Fort- Jim Bramblett's high- Knox related.

stakes gamble paid off. He pointed out that the '

He recently broke ground timing of the movements for what could grow into a could affect whether property 600-home subdivision in Vine w@'c@ would be left vacant. The Grove, plowing ahead with Om Armor School is slated to the project even with Fort relocate in fiscal year 2008, Knox's fate still uncertain. &33m79 according to an Army press

Bramblett and others release. Additional personnel involved with the Hardin " will move between fiscal County real estate market owner, 'ReMax years '06 through '09. heard good news Friday. Advantage PIUS "We'll just have to see how

the numbers crunch out," The Base and Plus, said i t will affect the Renfrow said. Closure list called for a gain real estate market within a of 5,100 permanent positions 75-mile radius. She bows I t took more than 10 years

a t the post, said Col. Keith A. for the real estate market to Armstrong. True, the base personnel who come from as recover from a nullout of will lose 7,500 troops in far away as Green thousands of t<oops in the training, but they are short- early 90s. termers who live mostly on "Overall, I think it's going Now ,.hose in real estate base. to be a plus for our area," say the local market is

Bramblett said when he Gudnnkauf said. "Obviously Chugging along, fueled by low got word of the realignment, that we're On interest rates. "I felt like I wouldn't have to the list." Looking a t the county plant soybeans in my braced for the geographically, the northern subdivision after all." In fact, housing decisions had end could see the biggest

Of the personnel gain, been put on hold because of changes from BRAC. ~~t 1,800 are civilians, who tend Concerns BmC7 she many who work a t the base to have longer-lasting, higher- said. live in Elizabethtown, paying jqbs and don't live on Local broker 'Thomas especially officers and post. Renfrow still had some sergeant majors, Renfrow

The market can absorb the ~ ~ r r i e s about the said. . influx, Bramblett said. "I reaiignment. Chris Warren, president of think there is enough new He thinks those with a the Heart of Kentucky construction and stake in the rental market Association of Realtors, development." may feel a sting from the loss praised officials across the , The new residents won't of trainees. Soldiers stationed county on their efforts to help flock to Hardin County all a t a t a base for only a short the base. "The whole once, but over the next five time tend to lease rather community has been pro- years. than buy. active," he said. "I was

If the realignment does Renfrow owns both pleased with the outcome." bring a real estate boom, Heartland Management and H John Fr~edlein can be reached Erika Gudenkauf, broker and Reality, which deals with at 769-1200, Ext. 237, or e-mail h ~ m owner of ReMax Advantage rental property, and Central at [email protected]

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News-Enrerpviss photojosjrnalist Meal Cardin asked six Hardin County residentf for ?heir reae'dm to the news that Pentagon h a s re~ommstrded mowing the Armor School Srorn Fort K!ao:; Zo Fort Benning, Qa.

'For me, having a store in the PX, it could hwt sales with families and kids moving away. The armor school sofdiers' schedules are so different from the rest. They are out early in the morning an the other side of the Post. W e don't see them in Phe PX, but the families come in to h y . "

Changes could lead io *Qore jobs in the ;nrea, ssE~cials sq7

"it makes me sad to see it go. Some of our l o k in the community are affected, but everything changes. I 'm glad Fort Knox survived and it wili stilf ba vibrant. i hate to see the Armor %cho.ral leave, but we are gettir~g a tie% gain of jobs."

Father DSck Ipzllli~ran. Elizabe~hto~~vr~ posi are ic:king b the f'tlt~lrc as wc!L

liardin C.:oxni.y J ~ ~ d g e - Exccutivi? M~irry Bcrly he thinks !.I!-. cxnmuni ty as a whole c m i?e:~ei'i: froin the decisioa.

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Army's pcr:;ormel service,? to For-t Knox i s certainly a step i n that directi.on, and in adtlition l,o the permanent jobs that move will create, goc:ds anti services will also he needed to bnlld an ii~frastruciure for those jobs.

According to Barron, about $100 million is likely to be allotted in military construction costs, of which at least some part will be spent in communities around post. -' "Many of the contracts may be bid out to major construction companies - much like they are now," Berry said. "But those companies use local sub- contractors, a s well as services and materials from the area."

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lo d is a gwbt ICSE. but !'m hfdppy d r ~ see Fort

Knox is act dosing and it eased the minds of citizens and retired military. SVe will cont in~e to work with Fort Knox and military retirees."

which presents n situation that E e x y said can only be :i good thing.

"We're sad to see that the Department of Defense has decided t o move the a r m w :ichool," he said. "but we're certainly j~iensttd tha t &ox wasn't. 011 h l - 1 ~ list to be closed."

The a&li tion of' mainly personnel offices -- Accessions Command and

"Change could be good, but something that has been arotind a iong time may be leaving and it may not be well-received in the community. In the end It ~ o u l d make an iknprovement In the communitya"

Crydal Dick, Radcllff

Catlet Cornrnand ainolig then^ - woukl create more than 5$00 permanent resident jobs on post, anti c o ~ ~ l d occur as early as next year.

"The Army's transfbrming and doing bu-siness in a different way," :;aid retired Maj, Gen. Bill Bsuron, executive ctirector of the Fort

"t'm happy Fort Knox is steying and moue civilian jobs are corning in. We will have more kids ~ofrring info our sk,h001 system."

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round of base closures announced Friday.

BY ERICA WALSH AND JOHN FRIEDLEIN SIAFF WRITERS .-....-.p..-.-..---.-p-.

Fort Ihox ' s commanding general said the recommendation to lose the Armor School was a good move.

"This was a greal decision f'br the Fort Knox comn~unity and Hardin County," said Maj. Gen. Terry Tuclrer.

Tuclrer said the move maires sense when you look at the transformation of the military. Moving the Armor School t,o Fort Benning, Ga., home of the infantry, would combine bot,h training situations into one school.

"What makes sense is to have a maneuver centel;" he said

The f ~ ~ t u r c Army IS one tha t la expectccl to mclude ' ' %' bllgadei tha t combme both :! armor and infantry. Combining the school was the next step in tlie process, Tuclier said.

He added tha t the idea to move to a combined Lorcc has been considered Ihr - - - ~ -.-

years, but the Base Realign- ment and Closure process

RE spurred the change. 2005 l3ase

Mearlwhile, a t a press conitrence Fridav a t the Patton Museum a t Fort Knox, garrison commander Col. Keith Artnstrong highlighted the relationship between the post and the local conimunity, saying the com~nunity will do "very, very well."

During the next five years, the post would pick u p more than 5,000

Knox cornmuasity

Maj . Gen. Terry Tucker

who typically stay a t the base for just two to nine months.

Many of the new jobs would be in human resources: which w o ~ ~ l d n ~ s t likely be more long-term, civilian positions.

Also, new construction a t the base could total $100 rnillion.

"We will continue the tradition of Fort Knox a s an important partner and employer in the area," Armstrong said. "I've never been on an instillation that has a better relationship with the local community than (Fort Knox! does."

Tucker also said tha t in the lo l~g run, the moves ~voulcl be a boost to the locai economy.

"It's going to bring-a lot inore people into the c o m m ~ ~ ~ i i t y to spend their hard- earned money," he said.

Armstrong, known as the "Mayor of' Fort Knox," said the realignment was a "logical, efficient decision."

The post would switch from an institutional to a n operalional sile.

"The proposed changes will significantly change the mission of the

additional, permanent personnel. I t will, however, lose niofe than 7,000 trainec~s, B! TUCKER See Page, 12A

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post," Armstrong said. For instance, the base

would become home to an infantry brigade combat team, wl~ich w o ~ ~ l d return from a n overseas assignment sometime before the end of the decade.

The most significant lms, Armstrcmg said, ~ v o ~ i l d he the Ammr Center and School.

"As an armor office]; I'm not looking fol-ward to the fact tha t t,he Armor Center would move because of the history and traditions . . . hu t t,he Army and the missions of [.he Army are more important tha t the Ilistory and traditions," he said.

Though 'Tucker sees tlie realignment as a win for everyone involvecl, he said there is some emotion a t t x h e d to seeing the Armor CenLel- and the Armor School leave their home.

"For us old tankers, it'll he hard to sce Fort Knox lose armor," he said.

k3 Erica Walsh can be reached at 769-1200, Ext. 238, o~ email her at ewalsliQtlienewsenterprise conl.

Post's garrison commander tells civic group Radcliff stands to grow BY ERICA WALSH STAFF WRITER

Col Ke~th Armstrong understands the einohonal reachon that some tankers 3re havlng about the US. 4 r l y Armor Center's >ossible

)ewes me o no end hat the

Infantry school," he said S t~ l l , Fort Knox's

garrison commander belleves the Base Realignment and Closure recommendations announced on May 13 are a good move for the nuhtary

Armstrong spoke to the Radcllff Rotary Club Thursday about the recent BRAC decis~on. He

'remmded tlie community that the recommendations were st111 subject to change, although based on past BRAC rounds, he doesn't th~nlr s~gnificant changes w~l l occur

He also wanted thc cornmunity to know that Fort Khox w ~ l l experience a galn 111 permanent party personnel, instead of a loss

The ongmal numbers put forth by the BRAC recommendations included student numbers. Students are a transient populat~ori who have a very srnall Impact on the economy of the local commun~ty, Armstrong said.

With-the addition of the new commancls, and the br~gade combat team, permanent party personnel will experience a net increase of 3,300 active duty mil~tary, and about 1,800 c~vi l~ans

"So from my posltlon as garrison commander, Fort

I n return, Fort Knox would recei.;e a den infantry brig-ade combat team, bringing about 3,500 to 4,000 new active duty military members.

The post also would be the home of the Army's Human Resources Center of 1 Excellence, wh~ch would ~nclude Human Resources Command, Army Reserve ,

; Personnel Command, Accesnons Command and Cadet Command. I

With the creation of the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence, Armstrong said Fort I<nox would be the center of all personnel matters.

"Fort Knox becomes the belly button for all things personnel in the Army," he said.

Armstrong answered questions from Rotary members, including what business owners should do to prepare for the change.

He said the recommendations bring a good chance for the commun-ity to 91-ow and increase available housing. He also suggested sprucing up the neighborhood by getting rid of unused or rundown facilities.

"I 'd help fix the community," he said. "This is an opportunity for this community to turn a whole lot of stuff around and build on a great decision."

Erica Walsh can be reached at 769-1200, Ext. 238, or e-mail her at ewalsh@the~lewsenterprise.corn.

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transfer to Fort Knox. An Army Tralnlng and

Doctrine Command official a t Fort Monroe declmed to comment about what the teallgnment would mean for either faclllty until they sort through the preliminary dormat ion

"We have no deta~ls on that r~ghl now," the official swld 'We're r?ot really sure a t thlt, point "

The Army Accessions Command was activated March 25, 2002, a t Fort lVIonroe to bring several t o mmancls under one umbrella iirmy Recruiting Commaild .it Fort &ox, the Cadet Corn~nancl a t Fort nilmroe ,lrtd the Army rralnmg Center at Fort -Fa~kson. 3 C P c c e ~ ~ ~ o n s Cornni , c t l 1s palt of the Army m r ilnlriq and Doctrine , , ,or rmad, also called

'TXAGW At, par1 of ~ h c realignment,

!;'or t fircsx :s likely to lose m 3 r ~ chm 10,000 mllltary personnt I avd 772 clvlllan jobs, bul p h i transferred from Fort i\ilmroe could add hack 5,2011 rnilltary and 2,500 c~vilian posit ions

There has been no word on exactly how mdny of Fort

,Monrve'% troops and clvllians

U S. Army it. ~ b n . Robert Van Antwerp of Accessions Command listens during a meeting with h k deputy chief oi staff Alan Philiips last week.

would be transferred from Virgnia to Kentucky, or how much local hiring might be done.

With Accessions Command would also come a

three-star general, Lt. Gel~. Robert Van Antwerp.

Fort Knox garrison coxnmancler CoZ. Keith A. Armstrong said in a press coni'crence Friday i ; h t transfers would. hegirl ir! 2008 and continu.c: t l i io~rgn 2137-0. hut, hc could provide ni: specific clutails.

RRAC recornmendatjons still must be approved by members of' t he BRAC Commission, Congress and the presidenl in a process tha t is scheduled to last urltii autumn.

Brian T. Kehl can be reached a1 769-1200, Ext. 234, or by e-mail at [email protected]. John Fr~edlein and Erica Walsh contributec to this story.

THURSDAY/ May 19, 2005

Larry Barnes, Turret editor Larry.Earnes@knox arrny.m~i

Phone: (502) 624-1211 FAX: (502) 624 6074

As most of you well know, the Department of Defense released ~ t s recommendat~on

Fr~day for the

Most notably, the Armor Center and the Armor School would move to Fort Benning. Fort Knox would gain the U.S. Army Accessions Command, the US. Army Human Resources Command, and a brigade combat team

The Regional Confinement Center would close and Ireland Army Community Hospital would give up inpatient care and become a clinic.

None of these changes are final, yet. The process will not be complete until approved by the President and Congress some time this fall.

The earliest that changes would begin occuring is fiscal 2006, with a goal of completion by fiscal 2009.

Many people have been

asking me for my personal thoughts on these changes.

First of all, regardless of what comes out of the BRAC process, Fort Knox will continue to support its mission until the process is final.

Second, 1 think tha t the concept of combining the training of armor and infantry Soldiers into a "Maneuver Center" is a good thing. Recent experience has shown tha t a combined'arms team is crucial to success on the battlefield.

On the other hand, I will be sad to see the Armor . Center leave Fort Knox. This post is the birthplace of the Armor Force, and we have a long and proud history here.

We must place our confidence in our Army leaders that the Armor force will be able to continue i ts fine tradition a t Fort Benning.

Lastly, I addrcss the civilian work force on Fort Knox. You are probably the most concerned with the effects of BRAC.

Honestly, it's too early to give you all the details of how BRAC will affect jobs. What I can tell you is that the leadership of Fort Knox is

additional purposes of increasing awareness of the Armed Forces and expanding public understanding of what type ofjob the military performs.

Our current President has issued his own proclamation, continuing the precedent established by President Truman. President Bush has dlrected the services to honor

.the observance in a n appropriate manner, and has called upon all Americans to

committed to keeping display the flag of the United everyone informed and to States a t their homes on ensuring that everyone Armed Forces Day. understands their options. We in the Fort Knox

This Saturday we community can honor Armed celebrate Armed Forces Day. Forces Day by remembering President Truman designated the contributions the Armed the third Saturday in May as Forces are making now and a day on which the American have made over the last year. people can pay special The U.S. has more than attention to the men and 180,000 service members women of the Armed Forces. deployed in support of

He created the holiday to Operation Iraqi Freedom and replace the separate Army, Operation Enduring Navy, and Air Freedom. Force days We must place Many others and to honor (( our confidence in are either the creation our Army leaders preparing to of the that the Armor go to, or Department force will be able returning of Defense. to continue its from, those Armed

fine tradition at theaters. Forces Day had the o r i n . )) no^^^,"^ us

about those serving a t the training bases like Fort Knox who are training and preparing our Soldiers.

As you enjoy this weekend, please take time to reflect upon the sacrifices and achievements of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines of this great nation.

I personally extend my appreciation and thanks to all our service members and all that they have done.

Hand in hand wlth Armed Forces Day is Public Service Recognition Week. Celebrated the first week in May, it is a time se t aside to better inform Amcricans about the broad varieties of services provided by the government and to show appreciation to public employees a t the federal, state, and local levels.

At Fort Knox, nearly half of our permanent party work force is made u p of federal employees. I recognize and celebrate the important contribution of our civilian workforce.

Thanks for all you do. A few weeks ago the

Turret printed an article about a bone marrow registration drive to help find a donor for a Fort Knox family member. Another notice is on today's front page.

I encourage everyone who has not registered as a bone marrow donor to do so. The drive, sponsored by the 34th MP Detachment, will occur Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the classroom of Bldg. 298, on the cornkr of l l t h Avenue and Gold Vault Road.

Take the opportunity to help, and save a human life.

Forge the Thunderbolt!

Staff photo by Sgt Christopher Fincham

THE U.S. ARMY ARMOR CENTER AND THE ARMOR SCHOOL will move to Fort Benning if the base realignment recommendations are approved

Post ga ew co By MASTER SGT. JERRY cease and in patient caA proposal, DoD recommended Resources Command from MERIDETH would be referred to the VA . tha t Fort Knox receive the Alexandria, Va.; the Army FORT KNOX PUBLIC AFF~IRS CHIEF and area civilian hosoitals. followinp units and Reserve Personnel Command

Also transferred would be the organiz&ions: from S t Louis; the Army The US. Army Research Institute's B A newly activated Enlisted Records Branch

Center . - and -. Human Svstems Research to infantrv brigade combat team from Indianaoolis: and the " from Fort Knox under " <, . , . . . Aberdeen Proving Grounds. returninz from overseas. Armv Accessions Command

proposals announced by the Md. Both take &ce in fiscal activatiog FY 06, return'of and cade t Command from Department of Defense 2006 under current proposals. forces from overseas FY06-09. Friday as var t of the Base As part of its BRAC a The Army Human See KNOX BRAC, page A10 ~ e a l i b m e n t and Closure Process.

However, the post would gain several new commands and a combat brigade, boosting the daily workforce a t Fort Knox.

The BRAC proposal would send the Armor Center School to Fort Benning, Ga., and create a Joint Maneuver Center of Excellence in fiscal 2008. The move would affect the Armor School, including the Cavalry Regiment and lSt Armor Training Brigade.

Other military activities leaving Fort Knox include the Regional Confinement Facility t ha t is being consolidated with similar operations a t Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in fiscal 2007.

Additionally, under the recommendations, inpatient medical care a t Ireland Army Community Hospital would

DoD adding, subtracting Knox units FORT KNOX PUBLIC AFFAIRS Regtonal Correctional to a clinic with a n OFFICE Facilitv to Fort ambulatory center reduces

The Department of Defense released the following list of BRAC recommendations for For1 Knox.

Relocating from Fort Knox

The Armor Center and School to Fort Benninr. Ga.

Estai~lishes a-' Maneuver Center of Excellence by combining the Armor and Infantry Centers and Schools. Locating the center a t Fort Benning enhances training effectiveness, doctrinekombat development, and operational effectiveness.

~eavcnwor th , Kan. Whv: The Department of

Defense's correctional functions across the United States are being consolidated into fewer, more modern, and more efficient facilities. This recommendation creates a regional facility a t Fort Leavenworth.

In-patient mission a t Ireland Ammy Community Hospital to the civdian community &:The inpatient capacity in the surrounding civilian community is capable of meeting the needs of the mi l~tary community. Converting Ireland Hospital

excess capacity and ensures the clinic is capable of handling emergent and routine medical care.

Tlie Army Research Institute's Human Systems Research function to Aberdeen Proving Ground. Md.

&: Supports the establishment of a Land C4ISR Center a t Aberdeen Proving Ground. This increases efficiency through consolidation.

Relocating to Fort Knox

A combat arms brigade a: Fort Knox has the

See BRAC QUESTIONS, page AlO

By SGT. CHRISTOPHER < FINCHAM

TURRET STAFF WRITER cF!runorm? F J N C H ~ ~ ~ ~ O X H N V N . ~ O L

Fort Knox and its neighboring communities displayed a gamut of varied emotions Friday following the release of the anticipated Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure recommendation list.

There was relief that, despite a last-minute flood of negative predictions, the post will remain open and will apparently have a strong future.

There was excitement that a brigade combat team is proposed for permanent assignment to Fort Knox, along with the addition of Accessions Command Headquarters and the Arnmy's.lluman Resources Command.

There was the thrill of expected new civilian employment opportunities, and the prospect of more Soldiers and their families becoming part of the Fort Knox community for several years instead of just several months.

But all that glee was overshadowed by the BRAG proposal that Fort Knox will be stripped of its world-renowned signature mission-the training of armor and cavalry Soldiers.

The post will lose the Armor School, ISt Armor Training Brigade, and 16th Cavalry Regiment if armor and cavalry training is transfered to Fort Benning, Ga.

Still, the realization is that Fort Knox stands to benefit tremendously from the BRAC proposal.

Garrison Commander Col. Keith Armstrong summed it up best during his press conference Friday afternoon, saying that, "The history of this

installation revolves around armor ..." but that "The Axmy and the missions of the Army are more important than the history and traditions."

The changes proposed by DoD are intended to further the transformation of the Army and improve mission capabilities, Armstrong said.

If the proposed changes take place, the face of Fort Knox will look much different after the post undergoes its transformation from a training installation to a war-fighting post, according to Armstrong.

"Right now this installation is an institutional installation for the Army. We train Soldiers to get those Soldiers out to the war- fighting units," said Armstrong.

"The difference in the future will be that this will be a war-fighting installation. We will deploy forces from this installation into the war fight.

"So there will be a distinct difference when we change from an institutional installation to an operational installation."

While the numbers released with the DoD announcement Friday initially appeared to indicate that Knox would be losing a huge number of troops, the fact is that the net impact on the post will be a gain of 3,300 permanently assigned Soldiers, along with family members and civil service personnel.

"These changes will significantly change the mission of the post," said Armstong, "but we will continue the tradition of Fort Knox as an important partner and employer i n the area." 81

More Knox BRAC details online Details of how DoD's BRAC proposals may

affect Fort Knox are available a t the Fort Knox Intranet site: http://knoxintral/port,all

A hyperlink to the Army-wide BRAC release with summaries of proposed closures and realignments is included under "BRAC" in the left- hand column. iBO

C: Decisions are first step in long process III From Page A 1

Fort Monroe, Va. In fiscal 2009.

E The Louisville United States Army Reserve Center in fiscal 2008.

61 The 84th Army Reserve Readiness Center from Fort McCoy, Wis., in fiscal 2009.

Official estimates are that Fort Knox will gain 3,300 permanent party Soldiers and 1,800 civilian employees from the realignment of the post.

A total of 7,500 new Soldiers who now train a t Fort Knox will no longer report to the post for enlisted, NCO, and officer training. The militarv constrllrtion costs for the realignment are estimated a t $100 million.

Under the BRAC process, military services have six years to implement changes. The Army plans to make the changes in four years. But those changes must first be approved by the President and Congress, a process not scheduled to end on the BRAC timetable until January.

That means Friday's announcement is the beginning of a long process, according to Fort Knox officials.

Following the DoD announcement, Fort Knox Garrison Commander Col. Keith Armstrong stated that Fort Knox is a vital part of the Army and Kentucky, and will continue to be in the future of the Army.

"These changes could be significant and we are committed to making this a smooth transition for the Soldiers and civilialls

affected," he said. Maj. Gen. Terry Tucker,

the commander of the Armor Center and School said, "The Armor Center and School remains committed to training armor and cavalry Soldiers. Every tankerand cavalry scout who fights in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world was trained a t Fort Knox. We will continue to do that here until the final decision is made.

"If the final decision is made to move this to Fort Benning, we will miss the community and the history of this post, but we will still

will take four years to fully implement the changes at military installations across the nation.

Recommendations will be sent to Congress for approval in November. The list will not be finalized until January. However, figures from the last round of base closures show that 85 percent of the recommendations by the Secretary of Defense came to fruition.

BRAC is designed to transform the Army and other military services, maximizing to work topether their mnre capabilities

. -. --. -- - provide first class training effectively while providing and leadership." substantial savings in

Prior to the announcement, military spending. installations were only The DoD recommendations involved in the process by will be reviewed hv the nine-

- -, ---- providing a broad range of member independent BRAC specified data and Commission. The commission, information for evaluation. chaired by former Secretarv - - - Installation personnel were of veterans Affairs ~ n t h o n ; not involved in the evaluation Principi, must submit its or selection of bases affected recommendatinns tn by BRAC

Fort Knox and DoD officials cautioned that the announcement is the first step in a long process. I t is not final. As such, speculation regarding the impact locally is premature.

Seventy-five percent of the installations in the Army are being affected' by the BRAC process, according to DA figures. If approved by the U.S. government, DoD said it

- -. - . . . - - - - - President Bush by Sept. 8. All information used by DoD to make its recommendations will be provided to the BRAC Commission as it deliberates the list through the summer. 1

The last major alignment " of Soldiers and missions a t Fort Knox occurred in 1995 when the Army disbanded the 1 9 4 ~ ~ Separate Armored Brigade, the largest deployable unit in its ranks at the time. I

BRAC questions: Enhancing effectiveness II From Page A1

capacity to meet traming, readiness, and quality of llfe requ~rernents. Putting these untts on Fort Knox enhances deployment, redeployment, and training of the Joint Team.

kl The Human Resources Command East and West from Alexandria, Va.; Army Reserve Personnel Command from St. Louis, MO; the Army Enlisted Records Branch from Indianapolis, Ind.; and the Army Accessions Command and Cadet Command from Fort Monroe, Va.

m: Consolidating the Army's military personnel and recruiting functions at Fort Knox creates an Army Human Resources Center of Excellence with enhanced effectiveness and efficiencies. This recommendation also vacates approximately 1.1 million square feet of leased space and eliminates almost 250,000 space, much square of which feet of is excess

located in the National Capitol Region that is not required to be located there.

Louisville US. Army Reserve Center to Fort Knox. m: Consolidates the

entire headquarters at Knox. Transforms Resr Component facilities a command and control structure to enhance readiness, training ant mobilization, and crea' significant efficiencies cost savings.

6 The 84th Army R Readiness Training Cc from Fort McCoy, Wis.

&: Locating the t ARRTC with the Armj Human Resource Com the 100th Division, an, Army Reserve units ai Knox effectiveness. enhances 81 operat

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Major General Terry L. Tucker has commanded the Armor Center and Fort Knox since January 17,2003. He is a native of Buffalo, West Virginia and was commissioned as an Armor officer through the Reserve Officers Training Corps Program at West Virginia State College in 1972. In addition to a Bachelor of Science in Education Administration from West Virginia State College, he earned a

Master's Degree in Logistics Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. His military education includes completion of the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Cavalry Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the Advanced Operational Studies Fellowship.

His previous assignments include Deputy, The Inspector General of the Army; Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe; Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Armor Center & Fort Knox; Assistant Division Commander (Support) for the 25th Infantry Division (Light); Commanding General, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting; Executive Officer to the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea; Chief of Staff, 2nd Infantry Division; Commander, 1 l th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Commander, 177th Separate Armor Brigade; Commander, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Armored Division; and Commander, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 3rd Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm.

General Tucker has served as the Armor Systems Integrator, Combat Maneuver Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans in Washington, D.C. He has also served in a variety of command and staff positions in Armor and Cavalry units in the 1st and 3rd Armor Divisions, and lst, 2nd, 4th, Sth, 9th, 25th Infantry Divisions. General Tucker's overseas assignments include three tours in Germany, Operation Desert Storm, Korea and two tours in Hawaii.

MAJOR GENERAL TERRY L. TUCKER

His awards include the Silver Star, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Air Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.

COLONEL KEITH A. ARMSTRONG

Colonel Armstrong was born in Tacoma, Washington on September

1. 9,1957. He was commissioned through the ROTC program at Texas A&M University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management. During an assignment to Kansas, he attended Kansas State University where he completed a Master of

w Science in Adult, Occupational and Continuing Education. He is a ,ra ua e ( I lcer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Sewices Staff School, Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College, Army Senior Fellowship Program, and Army War College.

After completion of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Airborne and Ranger Schools, Colonel Armstrong was assigned to the lSt Armored Division, Erlangen, Germany, where he sewed as a Tank Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, and Company Commander in both the 2nd Battalion, 37fh Armor and the 3rd Battalion, 34th Armor. In 1984, Colonel Armstrong was assigned to the lSt Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Riley, Kansas, where he sewed as a Tank Company Commander and Battalion Operations Officer of the lSt Battalion, 34th Armor and then, in 1986, as lSt Infantry Division (Mechanized) Assistant Inspector General. In 1988, he was assigned to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, as Armor Branch Representative and Military Science Instructor where he earned an Assistant Professorship. Upon completion of Command and General Staff College in 1993, Colonel Armstrong was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia, where he sewed as Operations Officer of 3rd Battalion, 6gth Armor and lst Brigade. In 1995, he returned to Germany where he sewed in Crisis Action Plans, Operations Directorate (J3), US European Command. Colonel Armstrong returned to the United States in July 1997 to assume command of the Charles Melvin Price Support Center, a Garrison Command within the US Army Materiel Command. Upon completion of command in July 1999, he was selected to represent the Army as a Senior Fellow sewing the fellowship in the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship where he completed a year with McKinsey and Company, in Houston, Texas. He attended the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during academic year 2000-2001 where he graduated with a Master of Science in Strategic Studies. Colonel Armstrong recently completed duty as Director, Training and Doctrine Development, US Army Armor Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky. He assumed command of the US Army Garrison at Fort Knox, KY on 7 June 2002.

Colonel Armstrong's awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, Parachutist Badge and Ranger Tab.

Colonel Armstrong and his wife, Dr. Mary L. Armstrong, the former Mary Dorsett of Atlantic a Highlands, New Jersey, reside on Fort Knox with their children Matthew (14) and Katelyn (12).

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EXHIBIT 1 : Beneficiary Demographics (Cathment Area) FY06-FY08 Projections 0061 FT KNOX - IRELAND ACH

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Demand for Inpatient Care

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Base Closure and Realignment Commission Itinerary for Fort Knox Visit 26 May 05

By Cornmissioner Skinner and commissioner Turner White =Commissioners Skinner & Turner I --BRAC Commission Analysts at Ft Knox: Mike Avenick and Don Manuel. Italics = Commissioner Skinner

I Tucker I Commander I Effects on Ft Knox 1230-1400 I Ft Knox Briefina I Fort Knox USAARMC I MG Tucker. COL I Installation Overview.

--Fort Knox:: MG Terry Tucker, Armor Center & Installation Commander

11 30-1 230 Lunch Hosted Fort Knox Leaders Club, by MG Terw Bullion Room

Gray = Commissioner Turner --Fort Knox POC & Escort: COL Keith Armstrong, Garrison Commander

+ Armor Center BRAC Recommendations'

Don Manuel, COL Armstrong MG Terry Tucker,

1400-1415

kiJ-lSo0 1500- 1700

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I Mike A venick, I questions 1807 I Commissioner I L V Louisvillel807 HRS,

TIME 26 May 1015

Proposed Itinerary & Briefing Book Informal Discussion of 8

training ranges

- to Commissioners

Ft Knox cantonment area tour Visits to affected facilities -

purpose Range Complexes I

Skinner Arrives HRS, AAW071, AR Analvsts Mike Airport

EVENT Commissioner

7 700-7 730 En route Louisville Airport I COL Armstrong, Response to Commissioner's

Headquarters, Bldg 11 01

--Commissioner Skinner and Commissioner Turner Ft Knox cantonment area --COM Skinner to Zussman Mounted Urban Training 1MOUT) R Wilcox Multi-

LOCATION L V Chicago OHare 0800

Armstrong

Break COL Armstrong, Mike Avenick, Don Manuel COL Armstrong, Mike Avenick,

POC --Commission

Presentations on 8 recommendation's that effect Ft Knox

Windshield tour of Ft Knox cantonment area, respond to Commissioners' questions Windshield tour & response to Commissioner's questions

ACTION Meet Commissioners at

List of attendees (20 MAX) for 26 May 2005 lunch hosted by MG Tucker, Fort Knox Installation Commander include:

Militarv Ofiiciais MG Tucker, USAAMRC Commanding General COL Gold, USAARMC Chief of Staff i COL Armstrong, USAG Fort Knox, Garrison commander CSM DeSario, USAARMC CSM Sara Johnson, USAG, Director', Plans Analysis and Integration Emmet Holley, USAG, Garrison Deputy Herv Mastin, lnstallation Management Agency Southeast Region Office

BRAC Commission Mike Avenick, BRAC Commission Analyst Don Manuel, BRAC Commission Analyst Commissioner Skinner Co.~misricner Turner

Guests Invited by MG Tucker Larry Cox, Senator McConnel s office John Salyers, Senator Bunning s office Philip Hays, Congressmen Lewis office Mayor Sheila Enyart, Radcliff, Kentucky (city adjacent to Fort Knox) Mayor David Wilmoth, Elizabethtown, Kentucky (city in close proximity to Fort Knox) Judge Executive Harry Berry, Hardin County (county on southern border of Fort Knox) Steve Montgomery, Association o f the US Army Don Williams, COL (Retired), Assaciation of the US Army Bill Barron, MG (Retired), Association of the US Army

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